Williams v. Cities Service Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This' was a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant, a dependent minor, prevailed, and the City Gas Service Company, respondent and self-insurer, has appealed.

The father of the dependent was an employee of appellant in the capacity of a ditch digger along a highway. The accidental death occurred on May 14, 1931, an unusually hot day for that season of the year. Other workmen also complained of the heat. While working in the ditch, and while very sweaty and hot, the workman paused to get a drink of cold water from a water can, or cooler,…