Wayne County v. Lessman

This is an appeal in a compensation case from an award entered by the full compensation court and affirmed on an examination of that evidence by the district court. The defense is that deceased died of cancer, and that this disease *312was not caused or aggravated by any accident sustained by the deceased in his employment.

The record discloses that George H. Lessman, the deceased employee, filed a petition with the Nebraska workmen’s compensation court on November 2, 1937, alleging that, while operating a road grader for the defendant, Wayne county, on September 22, 1936, he received personal…