Swift & Co. v. Industrial Commission

It is agreed by the parties that Henry Springer, the claimant, was an employee of plaintiff in error, Swift & Co., at East St. Louis, on October 21, 1918, and on that date received an injury which arose out of and in the course of the employment, of which' plaintiff in error had notice, and that demand for compensation was made within the time required by law, and that the employer and employee were both under the Workmen’s Compensation act. The claimant is a single man, having no children under the age of sixteen years, and his average wage for the year preceding his injury was $1248, or $24…