Battle Creek Coal & Coke Co. v. Martin

Mr. Chiee Justice Creen

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, the defendant in error recovered a judgment for the benefit of herself and children on account of the death of her husband, which occurred while he was in the employ of plaintiff in error. It is assigned for error in this court that there is no evidence to sustain the judgment below and that the trial judge improperly excluded evidence of an autopsy held over the body of the deceased.

The deceased was a coal miner working for the plaintiff in error, and was found dead in the latter’s…