Pulley v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In May, 1923, R. E. Pulley was an employee of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, which was operating under the workmen’s compensation law, and while he was so employed he sustained an injury for which he claimed compensation. Alleging that he had proposed arbitration of the claim but that it was refused by the company, he brought an action alleging that he was so injured and disabled as to be entitled to compensation in the amount of $2,604. Before the trial of that action he entered into a compromise agreement with the…