Brown v. City of Pipestone

1 Reported in 245 N.W. 145. This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the district court under G. S. 1923 (1 Mason, 1927) § 4318, of the workmen's compensation act.

April 2, 1928, Alza D. Brown, a volunteer fireman in the employ of appellant city, died from causes subsequently held by the industrial commission to be compensable. His widow, this respondent, was on October 21, 1930, awarded compensation at the rate of $19.20 per week from the date of his death, subject to the statutory limitation.

February 7, 1931, the insurer began paying the instalments as provided in the commission's order.…