Heller v. State

This claim is brought by Myrtle H. Heller for benefits under Section 7, paragraph (c) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The record consists of the complaint, departmental report, motion of claimant for an extension of time, transcript of evidence, reporter’s bill, abstract of evidence, brief of', claimant, brief • and argument of respondent, and claimant’s reply brief.

The record discloses that claimant’s mother, Anna Gertz, was employed for a number of years as a cook at the Chicago State Hospital and in the early morning of January 29, 1945, she attempted to light a gas stove in said…