Southern Pac. Co. v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, Justice.

This is an application to review an order of the Industrial Commission awarding death benefits to defendant Laura Southwick, on account of the death of her husband, William David Southwick. The Southern Pacific Company, petitioner herein, is a self insurer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. 1933, 42-1-1 et seq.).

Southwick was employed by the Southern Pacific Company as a boiler maker. On the morning of February 2, 1938, he was sent to procure a sheet of metal from the iron shop. Sometime later his body was found by a fellow workman. He was found in a standing…