Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

On December 14, 1938, Louis Tretter was crushed and killed between two cars on a side-track on the premises of the Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Company, one of the respondents herein, near Staunton, Illinois. He left surviving him his widow, Josephine Tretter, and his dependent child, Oscar Tretter, who were the petitioners in this cause and are plaintiffs in error in this proceeding. On hearing before the arbitrator, there was a finding that the deceased’s death did not arise out of his employment. The Industrial Commission reversed this finding and entered an award, which, on certiorari, the…