Ruud v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.

Holt, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the industrial commission awarding respondent compensation for the death of her husband while in the employ of relator.

It is conceded that Ole John Ruud, the 68-year old husband of respondent, while at work as a motorman on relator’s streetcar in Minneapolis, became suddenly ill and died within 48 hours thereafter. The evidence is conclusive that his death was due to heatstroke, commonly called sunstroke. The finding of the commission, assailed by various assignments of error as not sustained by the proof, reads:

“That on July 14, 1936, Ole John…