Beltinck v. Mt. Pleasant State Home & Training School

Defendants and appellants present but one question in this appeal from a,workmen’s compensation award, namely: Was the injury sustained by plaintiff an accidental injury compensable under part 2 of the workmen’s compensation act? .

Plaintiff, a man 68 years of age, was employed by defendant Mt. Pleasant State Home and Training School for over 20 years in a supervisory capacity. The first 18 years of said employment he was farm superintendent and the last 2 years he was an assistant to the farm superintendent.

The injury complained of occurred on December 31, 1953, when a log approximately 12…