County of Cook v. Industrial Commission

The superior court of Cook county set aside the award of the Industrial Commission in favor of Fredica O. Michelson and against the county of Cook and quashed the proceedings of the Industrial Commission. The cause is here on writ of error.

It appears from the record that Gideon C. Michelson, husband of Fredica O. Michelson, on September 2, 1921, was employed in the recorder’s office of Cook county, Illinois. His duties were to search the tax records and carry record books from one office to another. While carrying books in the county building on that day he entered one of the elevators in the…