Ware v. Illinois Central Railway Co.

This petitioner for compensation was found by the trial judge to have suffered, in the month of August, 1923, while in the employ of the defendant, an injury which resulted in the amputation, in March following, of the middle finger of the right hand. The finding further was that defendant’s foreman, under whom, petitioner worked, was informed of the accident at the time and directed petitioner to an office porter in charge of first aid remedies, who, in performance of his customary duty, gave the wound antiseptic treatment and wrapped it; that neither the petitioner, nor apparently the…