Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accedent Commission

DESMOND, J., pro tem.

The validity of an award of the Industrial Accident Commission is before us on certiorari.

On May 20, 1935, one' Joe Reed' died within an hour after he had been trampled and gored by “Prince”, one of a herd of seven elephants, which he and a man, named Schubert, were exercising in a ring at winter quarters of Al G. Barnes Circus, located at Baldwin Park. The deceased left no known dependents, and the only claims presented or allowed on account of his injury and death were for surgical and hospital expenses $30; for burial expenses $150. The referee, who heard the ease,…