Armour & Co. v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Chiep Justice Farthing

delivered the opinion of the court:

An arbitrator, the Industrial Commission and the superior court of Cook county found that Henrietta Holmes was entitled to compensation on account of the death of her husband, John Holmes, which occurred June 23, 1935. The cause is here by writ of error.

On February 10, 1935, John Holmes and his employer, Armour and Company, were operating under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation act. Holmes had worked in the refrigerating plant of that company for several years as an engineer. He went to work at 11 :oo o’clock Saturday…