Keller v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error was sued out to review a judgment of the circuit court of Montgomery county confirming an award of the Industrial Commission of $1839.20, payable in installments, to defendant in error for an injury resulting in the death of David Davis, Jr. The award is for a sum equal to four times the average annual earnings of deceased, the maximum amount allowable under paragraph (b) of section 7 of the Workmen’s Compensation act.

The only substantial objection made to the award is that there is no evidence in the record to sustain it. Deceased was sixteen years old, the eldest of the…