Industrial Commission v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

This is an appeal by The Industrial Commission of the state, from a judgment of the District Court vacating an award by that Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation statute. The claim for compensation is by Cora M. Lynch, widow, and Clyde and Orville Lynch, dependent children of Charles E. Lynch, deceased.

The cause was tried upon an agreed statement of facts both before the Commission and the District Court, as follows:

“Charles E. Lynch, from a time prior to August 1, 1915, when the Workmen’s Compensation Act became effective, and until the time of his death, on September 14, 1915, was an…