Garren v. Industrial Commission

This cause is here by leave of this court on writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Cook county confirming an award of the Industrial Commission in favor of defendant in error, Anna Johnson, against plaintiffs in error, William Garren and Augusta Garren, under the Workmen’s Compensation act.

Plaintiffs in error are husband and wife and reside in a frame building in the village of Thornton, in Cook county. Next to it, at one end, is a stone building with a connecting door, and at the other end is an annex, used as a kitchen. In the stone building William Garren had his place…