Industrial Commission v. Gillard

That decedent had a weak heart and was troubled with sclerosis, I suppose is undeniable, but apparently he had worked regularly and had not been ill up to the time of his death.

One of the questions raised is that there was no evidence to go to the jury that the death was caused in any way by accident, but that it was a natural death caused from natural causes in no way connected with his employment.

We do not think the record bears that theory out. It surely is the law of this state that if a person is not perfect and by overstrain or extra work the cause existing in the system is made…