Industrial Commission v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.

This case is here upon a writ of error to the district court which set aside an award of the industrial commission. In January, 1921, Jose Sanchez was employed as a blacksmith by the Trinchera Timber Company. While he was engaged in shoeing a horse on the 7th day of January, 1921, the horse jerked and threw him to the floor of the shop with considerable violence. He complained of an injury to his hip, was unable to proceed, and another employee completed the job of shoeing. March 25, 1922, an agreement (apparently ratified by the employer) between the insurer and Sanchez was entered into by…