H. Roy Berry Co. v. Industrial Commission

Raymond Brooks, twenty-one years of age, unmarried and with no dependents, applied to the Industrial Commission for the adjustment of a claim for compensation arising out of an injury which occurred on August 27, 1923, while in the employ of the H. Roy Berry Company, a corporation. The company was engaged in the business of subdividing and selling real estate as agent for owners. While preparing a twenty-acre farm near the city of Park Ridge, in Cook county, for subdivision, it was found expedient to tear down an old barn which was situated on the land. The company employed Raymond Grunder, a…