Richards v. Abts

This is an appeal from an award of death benefits .under the workmen’s compensation law. The record discloses that the defendant, Mathias Abts, had been engaged in black- • smithing in the village of Morrill, Nebraska, for many years and that William Richards, the deceased, had been employed in the shop since 1932. A part of the shop’s equipment was an oxo-acetylene welding torch which was used by both the defendant and the deceased in their work. On October 12, 1937, an empty molasses tank of 500-gallon capacity was brought into the shop for the purpose of having some leaks repaired. This…