Herbert v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Certiorari to the industrial accident board. The claimant is the widow of Oliver Herbert, deceased, a former employee of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, the defendant and appellant herein. He had been employed as a switchman and yard conductor for a period of about 14 or 15 years, and in the capacity of yard conductor he had charge of the yard engine and the .work done by it. During the year 1915 he had complained of a hernia to several employees, which fact was. called to the attention of the claim agent of the defendant, who advised him to have an operation, which…