Moyer v. Packard Motor Car Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Industrial Accident Board. Mary Moyer presented her claim for compensation against the Packard Motor Car Company for the accidental death of her son in defendant’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, defendant brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Claimant’s decedent, Edward Moyer, was a night watchman employed by the defendant. He had been so employed for eight days. The buildings of defendant’s plant are numbered, one building, known as No. 15, was five stories high. In this building it was Moyer’s duty to act as night watchman of the third, fourth and fifth floors. In building No. 15 was an elevator, used for freight only, which ran from the first to the fifth floor. Moyer reported to the foreman of the watchmen at the front gate of the plant at about 5:30 o’clock on the morning of March 17. He was last seen by any one who gave…
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