D. H. Peery Estate v. Industrial Commission

By this review the plaintiffs seek to annul an award of compensation made to the dependent widow of Henry Charles Smith an employee of D. H. Peery Estate, who was killed by accident. The employer and its insurer deny that the Industrial Commission was justified in finding that the accident resulting in the employee’s death arose out of or in the course of his employment. Other essentials to compensation are admitted.

The employer, D. H. Peery Estate, was the owner of numerous buildings, situated within a radius of three or four blocks, in the business district of Ogden City. Henry Charles…