Home Accident Insurance v. Industrial Commission

While discharging his duty as an employee of E. Payne Palmer, doing business under the name of Vanadium Mining Company, "William L. Connor was killed on October 18, 1926, in an accident arising out of and occurring in his employment. Both the employer and employee were subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Law of this state, and the carrier of the insurance was the Home Accident Insurance Company. After a hearing before the Industrial Commission, which established the fact that Connor left no dependents, that body made an order directing the insurance carrier to pay the burial expenses of…