Sanitary District v. Industrial Commission

Defendant in error, Rutherford B. English, on March 12, 1929, made application to the Industrial Commission for an award against plaintiff in error, the Sanitary District of Chicago, for personal injuries. The arbitrator found that he was entitled to $14 per week for 267 weeks, $12 for one week, and a pension of $25 per month for life. The award was confirmed by the Industrial Commission and by the circuit court of Cook county, and the case comes to this court on a writ of error.

Several grounds of reversal are urged, but it will be necessary to consider only one of them, namely, whether or…