F. Becker Asphaltum Roofing Co. v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Winnebago county confirmed an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of R.L. Painter against plaintiff in error, the F. Becker Asphaltum Roofing Company, and the case is before this court on a writ of error.

The sole question is whether or not the injury grew out of and was in the course of the employment.

Plaintiff in error makes, lays and markets a patent roofing material which is laid over wooden shingles. It has twenty-two branch offices at which roofers and salesmen are employed. Painter was a roofer and had worked for about two years at the Rockford branch and…