Griffith v. Cole Bros.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — E. M. McCall, Judge. Ti-ie Workmen’s Compensation Act provides that, wlien the action of the tribunals created by the act are certified to the district court, it “shall render decree in accordance therewith.” The order certified in this case found that the employer was under no liability for the death of the employee, caused by a stroke of lightning.
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Appeal from Story District Court. — E. M. McCall, Judge. Ti-ie Workmen’s Compensation Act provides that, wlien the action of the tribunals created by the act are certified to the district court, it “shall render decree in accordance therewith.” The order certified in this case found that the employer was under no liability for the death of the employee, caused by a stroke of lightning. The district court took a contrary view, and gave the claimant a judgment for |3,000. The employer appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. The statute (Section 34, Chapter 147, Acts of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly) provides that.:
1. Master and SERVANT : Workmen’s Compensation Act: jurisdiction of court to review decision of industrial commissioner. “Any party in interest may present certified copy of an order or decision of the commissioner or a decision of an arbitration committee from which no claim for review has been filed * * or a memorandum of agreement approved by the commissioner, and all papers in connection therewith, to the district court * * * whereupon said court shall render a decree in accordance…
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