Frary v. Roxana Petroleum Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was a compensation case. On September 30, 1926, Clinton O. Frary, a workman in defendant’s oil refinery, was injured by a blast of hot steam and oil which struck him in the face. He was in the hospital eight days. He returned to work at his usual occupation and wages on October 19, 1926, and continued steadily thereat until November 3, 1927, putting in 216 extra hours of labor during that interval. On November 7,1927, Frary died, the certified cause thereof being hemorrhage of the liver.

On August 30, 1928, this action was begun by his…