Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Bissell

Defendant was an employer of labor operating under the workmen’s compensation law. Plaintiff, an .Illinois corporation authorized to do business in this State, was his insurer. One William Lemerand was in the employ of defendant. He claimed that on the 3d of July, 1918, he received an accidental, personal injury in such employment; on November 21st he served a written claim for compensation on defendant who promptly notified plaintiff of such claim. The usual proceedings followed. The defense principally relied upon was that the employer did not have notice of the accident until he received…