Hills v. Blair
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to the industrial accident board. Leone H. Hills applied for an award of compensation for the injury and death of her husband, Irwin E. Hills, an employee of Frank W. Blair and others as receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company. From the award granted, defendants bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
This is an appeal by respondents, as receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, from an award of compensation made by the Michigan industrial accident board for the accidental death of Irwin Hills, at Williamston, Mich., on November 16, 1912, while he was an employee of said railway, as a section hand. The facts in the case as testified to by witnesses are practically undisputed. The controversy is over inferences which may be drawn from the facts proven, and conclusions of law thereon.
On the day in question Hills was working during the forenoon at his regular employment in a section…
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