City of Chicago v. Industrial Commission

The arbitrator allowed the widow of Walter W. Rose compensation on her claim made under the Workmen’s Occupational Diseases Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 48, pars. 172.1 et seq.) After hearing additional evidence the Industrial Commission sustained his findings. On certiorari the superior court of Cook County reversed the order of the commission, and this court granted a writ of error to review that decision. ' The question is whether there is any evidence in law to support the finding of the commission that death resulted from an occupational disease.

At the time of his death the…