Holbrook v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, Justice.

Certiorari to the Industrial Commission to review an order denying compensation for the death of Eugene E. Hol-brook. The uncontradicted evidence is that on the 9th day of March, 1936, deceased, while working as a night watchman and janitor for W. H. Wright & Sons Company, fell several feet down a steep stairway, apparently hitting his right hip. He came home the night of the accident about 12 o’clock, although his nightly duties did not terminate until after 4 in the morning. He was “very ill” and his wife put him to bed. He had never been off duty during the two or three…