Brown v. Minneapolis Board of Fire Underwriters

Peterson, Justice.

Certiorari to the industrial commission to review an order granting compensation to employe.

The employe, Fred Brown, at the time of the injuries complained of, was employed by the Minneapolis Board of Fire Underwriters as a fireman. At the time of the alleged accidents he was about 45 years of age and had worked for his employer from September, 1928, to May, 1939. Previous to this employment Brown had been in the military service for about five years and had done various other kinds of work.

The employer’s business was to salvage contents of burning buildings for insurers.…