Fulford v. Cleveland

James F. McKeon,- wlm died November I, 1924, had been a workman in the employ of the city of Sioux Falls. On the ground that his last illness and death resulted from inhalation of sewer gas while working in a sewer trench in the course of his employment, his widow, Libbie McKeon, claimed from the city under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Laws 1917, c. 376, as amended) compensation on account of his death in the sum of $3,000, less $704.55, which had been paid 'him by the city while he was unable to work, between the time of the injury and his death. After some negotiations, conducted on…