Voiles v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The commissioner denied compensation, and on appeal the'district court allowed it. Respondent appeals.

The claimant was working for the Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company. He testified that in the forenoon of December 22, 1933, he reached up for a box of Oxydol, weighing between forty and sixty pounds, and as he attempted to take it down he felt a pain in his back. He quit work. The plant shut down at noon that day and did not open for work until January 2. When the plant reopened claimant went back…