Roberts v. City of Colfax

On the evening of May 29, 1932, Arthur Roberts was the night marshal of the city of Colfax, and, while engaged in cleaning up the floor in the city jail, a revolver which he was carrying fell from his pocket and was discharged, the bullet striking him in the eye and causing the loss thereof. In June, 1933, Roberts filed a petition with the Industrial Commissioner asking that he be allowed compensation in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. To this petition the city of Colfax and the- state of Iowa filed separate answers, in which they admitted that the…