Higley v. Industrial Commission

Certiorari to review the action of the Industrial Commission of Utah in denying the petition of the dependents of Glen Higley, deceased, for compensation on account of his death. On May 20, 1927, Higley, an employee of the International Smelting Company, came to his death by the discharge of a 30-30 Winchester rifle. The commission found: (1) That “the injury which resulted in the death of the deceased” was not an accidental injury but was intentionally self-inflicted; and (2) that at the time the deceased sustained the injury which resulted in his death he had departed from the course of his…