Costly v. City of Eveleth

Certiorari to the industrial commission to review an order denying compensation claimed by the relator as the dependent widow of Hugh Costly, deceased. Mr. Costly died March 29, 1926, from bronchial and lobar pneumonia contracted, the record indicates, after exposure, chill and some inhalation of smoke, suffered by the deceased on the night of February 18,1926, while in the performance of his duties as a member of the fire department of the city of Eveleth in its attempt to extinguish a fire.

Pneumonia, like typhoid, is a germ disease. Except for the occupational diseases expressly enumerated…