Industrial Commission v. Globe Indemnity Co.

The Industrial Commission allowed compensation to Charles Walker. The district court reversed the commission, and the case is here on writ of error. The accident in question happened in December, 1916; the case therefore falls under the Act of 1915.

The claimant while engaged in his employment cut his lip on the edge of the flap of an envelope, and cancer developed. The slowness of the development prevented the notice required by section 62 of said act, but there was no intention to mislead, therefore the claim was not barred for failure to serve notice upon the commission within thirty days.

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