Waters v. Industrial Commission

Charles H. Waters, about sixty-one years of age, was employed during 1929 as an engineer in the public service department of the county of Cook. His last day of service was December 31, 1929.. On March 5, 1930, he went to the comptroller’s office to get his pay voucher for the last half month of December, 1929. After receiving his voucher and cashing it at the office of the county treasurer, in the county building, he went from the second floor down a stairway to the first floor. While going down the stairs he fell and was injured. He was taken home, examined by a physician and then taken to…