Postlethwait v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Hatcher, Judge:

Grover L. Postlethwait is an applicant for compensation from the Workmen’s Compensation fund. The State Compensation Commissioner refused to allow him compensation upon the ground that it was not shown that the injury complained of is the result of the injury received. This is an appeal from that finding.

The injury alleged was an abrasion of the left eye from a piece of steel. The injury complained of is a cataract causing total blindness in that eye. Postlethwait sufficiently proves excellent vision before the injury received and rapidly failing sight in that eye following it.…