Burt v. John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works of Deere Mfg. Co.

Claimant Russell Burt, a married man with _three children, was employed by defendant at the time of the alleged injury to his lungs. Although five errors are assigned under three divisions there is essentially but one question presented: Is there any substantial evidence that claimant’s lung condition arose out of and in the course of his employment?

His employment for the last 6% years at 8 hours a day as a “spot-blaster” is conceded. There is no contradiction of his testimony that in 1953 the first symtoms of illness he recognized were a “tired and aching feeling.” and he could cough up…