Flint v. City of Eldon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Francis M. HuNTER, Judge. ACTION was instituted under tlie Workmen’s Compensation Law of Iowa by the dependent widow of Chas.
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Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Francis M. HuNTER, Judge. ACTION was instituted under tlie Workmen’s Compensation Law of Iowa by the dependent widow of Chas. A. Flint against his employer, the city of Eldon, and the Continental Casualty Company, its insurance carrier, to recover compensation for his death on February 3, 1919, resulting from injuries received, as alleged, on October 30, 1918. Application for arbitration was filed in the office of the Iowa industrial commissioner at Des Moines, and a hearing was had before an arbitration committee on October 30, 1919. An award was filed…
1Opinion of the CourtDe G-RAKe, J.
This appeal primarily involves the right of the district court to reverse the findings of fact made and entered by the industrial commissioner, under the Iowa Compensation Law.
It is unnecessary to set out in extenso the statutory provisions governing the instant case. Sufficient to state that Sections 2477-m29, 2477-m32, and 2477-m33, Code Supplement, 1913, and the judicial interpretations heretofore given these sections, are controlling. The purpose, intent, and scheme of workmen’s compensation legislation is well understood, and its historical significance has been frequently expressed in…
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