Whitby v. Armour & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This action was for an allowance under the workmen’s compensation act.

The plaintiff, Joe Whitby, was employed in the lard department of defendant’s packing house from November, 1919, until December, 1921. In his petition he alleged that in January, 1921, while *446in the act of leaning over a metal tank for the purpose of cleaning a suction-pipe he fell and struck his abdomen and inguinal region on the edge of the tank, from which accident and injury he became ruptured and afflicted with orchitis.

Plaintiff continued to work for defendant until…