Proops v. Twohey Bros.

— On November 12, 1922, Harry Proops, while in the discharge of his duty as an employee of Twohey Brothers, a corporation, received injuries from which he died about eighteen months later, to wit, on June 8, 1924. After the accident, Twohey Brothers paid him, under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, $87.50 a month from December, 1922, to May, 1924, or a total of $1,456.34, and he accepted the payments. Following his death no further payments were made, and his widow, Anna H. Proops, as executrix of his will, filed suit on July 31, 1924, for $2,543.66, upon the theory that she…