Wagner v. Wheeler-Barnes Company

Certiorari to review the order of the industrial commission disallowing the claim of the petitioner for compensation for the death of her husband, William Wagner.

He was operated upon for appendicitis on August 30, 1923. He was very obese, being 75 pounds overweight, and the wound did not heal well. A hernia developed where the incision had been made and began giving him trouble in December, 1923. He was in the employ of defendant Wheeler-Barnes Company as manager of the department engaged in manufacturing peanut butter and remained in their employ until August, 1924, when he either quit or…