Arnold v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jo Daviess County, reversing an award of the Industrial Commission to claimant, C. Homer Rowe, for injuries suffered while laying a new roof on a building owned by Orin F. Arnold in the village of Stockton.

The building was a two-story structure with an attached one-story shed. It was occupied by Arnold for his hardware business until his retirement. It was thereafter rented to Stanley Fischer who operates a hardware business in the main portion of the building and the remainder is rented by the Skel-Gas Co. Rowe was a steady employee…