Green v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Sangamon county confirmed an order of the Industrial Commission refusing an award of compensation to the widow of Robert Green for his death, which was alleged to have resulted from an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment by the Springfield Paving Brick Company. On the petition of the widow a writ of error was awarded, and the record has been certified as a return to the writ.

On the date of his injury, February 21, 1927, Green was seventy-one years old and had been in the employ of the defendant in error thirty-two years. He was a negro,…