McFarland v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court granting a widow’s pension, in a proceeding arising out of the workmen’s compensation act and tried before the court without a jury.

On April 2, 1930, Charles Wesley McFarland, then sixty-six years of age, was engaged in extrahazardous work and, during the course of his employment on that day, sustained a fracture of the right femur. His claim for compensation was recognized, and provision for Ms time loss and medical aid was made, by the department of labor and industries. The claim was closed by order of the supervisor of the department…