Holt v. Peterson Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Julius E. Holt was an employee of the Peterson Construction Company, and had been for about eight years. The company was engaged in building a hospital at Beloit and had arranged with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company to be its insurance carrier. Holt had worked for the construction company as carpenter, foreman and finally as superintendent. On July 3, 1929, while carrying a door through a set of revolving doors at the hospital under construction, Holt came in contact with a splinter…