Western Pac. R. R. Co. v. Indus. Acc. Com.

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Certiorari to review and annul an award of five thousand dollars to the wife and two minor children of Howard Johnson, deceased, an employee of the Western Pacific Railroad Company. The facts of the case upon which the award is rested succinctly stated are these:

Howard Johnson, employed as collector and messenger by the Western Pacific Railroad Company, petitioner herein, was, on the twenty-first day of December, 1921, while riding on an unlighted bicycle from…