Bortnick v. Cudahy Packing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was aii action for an.injured workman’s compensation. Plaintiff was injured while employed in defendant’s packing plant. A heavy cage fell on plaintiff’s foot and broke two of the metatarsal bones. It was alleged and part of plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove that the tendons which controlled the toes were matted and grown together, and that such injury was per-, manent in character and that it partially disabled plaintiff from earning a livelihood in the sort of work he was accustomed to perform.

The defense was that there was nothing…