Ellermann v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiffs brought this action before the Industrial Commission to recover under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the death of William F. Ellermann, husband of the plaintiff Amelia A. Ellermann and father of the other plaintiffs. The Commission decided against them and to review a judgment of the district court affirming that decision plaintiffs bring the cause here on error.

William F. Ellermann came to Colorado from Illinois where he had been an iron moulder. He was about fifty years old and apparently a strong and vigorous man. The only work he did after arriving in this state and prior…