Poindexter v. Department of Conservation

Butzel, O. J.

For 18 years prior to December 3, 1944, the date of his death, Oscar F. Poindexter was employed by the Michigan department of conservation, defendant in proceedings to recover workmen’s compensation, brought by decedent’s dependent widow and children, Defendant has brought an appeal in the nature of certiorari from an award in favor of plaintiffs. At the time of his death, decedent was in charge of the water resources branch of the geology division of defendant. He frequently made physical examinations, tabulations and meas urements of water levels and occasionally testified in…