Courter v. Simpson Construction Co.

case comes to this court for review upon a writ of certiorari under the Workmen’s Compensation act of 1913. (Laws of 1913, p. 335.) George -B. Courier, a carpenter, was employed by and began work for the Simpson Construction Company on July 22, 1913, on a building in the course of construction at No. 3921 Michigan avenue, in the city of Chicago.. On July 23 he was injured.by stepping on a rusty nail and died from lock-jaw resulting from the injury July 30. Courier left surviving him a wife, from whom he was divorced, and a son seventeen or eighteen years old. They filed a statement of the…