Hotelling v. Fargo-Western Oil Co.

Kimball, Justice.

The plaintiff in error claimed compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law as the widow of a workman, Avery Hotelling, who was killed while employed by the defendant in error, a corporation engaged in producing and marketing oil and gas. The employer objected to an award on the ground that the workman’s death was due solely to his culpable negligence. The district judge disallowed the claim on that ground. The claimant brings the case here on error. The only assignment of error is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the order of disallowance.

The facts may be…