Marquette Granite Co. v. Industrial Commission

It is undisputed that the employee, E. R. Krentz, became disabled because of pneumonoconiosis and *152pulmonary tuberculosis, occupational diseases due to the inhalation of silica dust while working as a stonecutter in the granite industry, commencing in 1907; that he worked for the Montello Granite Company for nineteen years until November 15, 1927, when, without being obliged to quit because of disability, he voluntarily took a vacation because he did hot feel well; that after a month, and repeatedly thereafter, he wanted to return to that employment but was not taken back by his employer,…