Westereng v. City of Morris

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

Gertiorari brings for review an order of the industrial commission granting petitioner compensation as the surviving wife of John E. Westereng, who was immediately prior to his death an employe of relator city.

There is no question about decedent’s employment nor that he suffered an injury in the course of his employment on December 19, 1936. On that day he was on the ground shaking snow out of a decorative wreath that had been hung above the city’s main street. One of the workmen was on an 18-foot ladder held by two other workmen. The top of the ladder was leaning…