Mauchline v. State Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

This is a workman’s compensation case. The claimant, C. A. Mauchline, was and had been for some time employed as electrical engineer in the mine of the Shinn Coal Company, defendant, when, in February, 1922, he was forced to quit work because of ill health. He had been ailing for several months; at first his trouble seemed to be bronchitis but developed into a permanent condition of expansion of the lungs known as “emphysema,” which prevents a normal expulsion of the air. Claimant’s contention, sustained by the referee, compensation board and lower court, is that…