Croff v. Lakey Foundry & MacHine Co.

Part 2, § 1, of Act No. 10, Pub. Acts 1912 (1st Ex. Sess.), the original enactment of the workmen's compensation act, read as follows so far as material to this case:

"If an employee * * * receives a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, * * * he shall be paid compensation." 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8417 (Stat. Ann. § 17.151).

This provision has been amended only once (by Act No. 245, Pub. Acts 1943) and it now reads as follows:

"An employee, who receives a personal injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, * * * shall be paid compensation." Comp. Laws…