Industrial Commission v. Crum

*299OPINION

By BODEY, J.

It is the opinion of the court that the statement that he had hurt himself made by the deceased to this witness was of such a character as to make it part of the res gestae. While the record is silent as to the time which elapsed between the injury and the statement, the description of the physical appearance of the deceased given by this witness would clearly indicate that the accident had just happened. In any event, it was competent for the witness to describe the physical appearance of the deceased after the injury. Even if the statement of the injured to the effect…