State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident Commission

The proceeding is before us on a petition for a writ of certiorari praying for the annulment of an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission.

Herbert 0. Willson was the business agent of the Plumbers’ and Gas Fitters’ Local Union No. 444, with offices in the Labor Temple, in the city of Oakland. His death occurred August 1, 1922, following an illness of four days’ duration and, it is claimed, that an abdominal injury received July 28, 1922, and arising out of and in the course of his employment was the proximate cause of his death. His wife, Kathryn R. Willson, the applicant, is the…