Betz v. Columbia Telephone Co.

This case originated before the Workmen's Compensation Commission. Respondent filed a claim for the allowance of compensation on account of an injury received by him arising out of and in the course of his employment by the appellant. The claim was filed February 11, 1928, in usual form and shows that the employee was injured "while letting off strain on winch used for pulling in cable when handle slipped out of hands striking him in the mouth." The permanent injury claimed was the loss of thirty-one teeth.

Answer was filed and, among other things, "all of the statements in the claim for…