Johnson v. Ismert-Hincke Milling Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one for compensation brought.by the plaintiff, as guardian for and on behalf of four minor children, on account of the death of their father, O. R. Johnson, who was injured while in the employ of the defendant. The plaintiff recovered and defendant appeals. •

The deceased was a trucker. He was injured on June 2, 1920, while handling a two-wheel truck carrying a load of five sacks of flour which weighed about 98 pounds each. While pushing the truck across a metal runway which extended from a. building to a car in which the…