Metting v. Lehr Construction Co.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of the circuit court of Buchanan county setting aside an award of the "Workmen’s Compensation- Commission and remanding the case to that body to ascertain and determine the amount due plaintiffs. The commission found that plaintiffs were not entitled to any compensation for the death of their son because he was killed by an accident that did not arise out of and in the course of his employment.

The facts show that deceased, a young man nineteen yeará of age, was employed by the defendant as a laborer in the' construction of a set of concrete grain…