Virden v. Smith

*210By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

On the 20th day of July, 1918, the respondent, whose employers had accepted the provisions of an act of the legislature of this state known as the workmen’s compensation act (Stats. 1911, c. 111), sustained injuries in the course of his employment, which resulted in permanent and complete paralysis of both legs, from the hips downwards. On that date respondent’s employees notified the Nevada Industrial Commission of the accident and resulting injuries, which made an award to respondent of $50 per month, pursuant to the rate then fixed by said act for such cases. The…