Mich. Cent. R. R. Co. v. Industrial Com.

This case is before the court upon a writ of error to review an order of the circuit court of Cook county confirming an order of the Industrial Commission approving an award of an arbitrator, under the Workmen's Compensation act, for $17 per week for a period of 250 weeks, against plaintiff in error and in favor of Nellie Rogers on account of the death of her husband, Charles J. Rogers, an employee of plaintiff in error.

For some time prior to his death, on February 16, 1924, Charles J. Rogers, the husband of defendant in error, Nellie Rogers, had been employed by plaintiff in error as a train…