Benjamin F. Shaw Co. v. Musgrave

This is an action for benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Code, Section 6851 et seq. The trial judge found in favor of the petitioning workman and fixed his disability as total, allowing him the full recovery under the Act.

The plaintiff in error in his brief and assignments of error states the question before us as follows:

“Petitioner, a steam fitter employed by defendant, was disabled by a heart ailment known as pericarditis with *3effusion. There is no dispute about the employment, nor the wage of the petitioner, and the case hinges on the question of whether or not the disease…