Moffat Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which defendants in error Marie Todd, as widow, and Mary Ann Todd and La Veta Todd as minor children, by order of the Industrial Commission, in accord with the previous action of a referee, were awarded compensation as dependents of Pete Todd, an employee of the plaintiff in error Moffat Coal Company, who met his death in an industrial accident. In an appropriate action the district court approved the award and plaintiffs in error here seek a reversal of the latter judgment.

The primary question is, whether there was sufficient competent evidence before…