Nevada Industrial Commission v. Leonard

OPINION

By the Court,

Taber, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Second judicial district court, Washoe County, department No. 2, and from orders of that court refusing to modify the findings of fact and denying a motion for new trial. Appellant was defendant in the court below. John D. Leonard was joined as a party plaintiff because he was the husband of plaintiff Beulah H. Leonard.

On the morning of April 9, 1934, Mrs. Leonard, a teacher employed in the public school at Gerlach, while walking home from her home to the school, fell, breaking her hip. Her claim for compensation was…