Furlong v. Northwestern Casket Co.

DEVANEY, Chief Justice.

Certiorari to the industrial commission. .

There is substantially no dispute about the facts. For some 19 years William Furlong, respondent, had been in the employ of the Northwestern Casket Company. On March 7, 1927, he suffered an accidental injury arising out of the course of his employment. He was then 71 years of age. Subsequent to the accident the Northwestern Casket Company and its insurer, Columbia Casualty Company, both relators herein, paid respondent 300 weeks’ compensation in the sum of $3,980.34 and hospital and medical expenses in the sum of $766.08.…