Industrial Commission of Colorado v. Daniels

This' proceeding involves a death claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The Industrial Commission held adversely to claimant, but in an appropriate action, the district court ordered the commission to award death benefits as provided by law. This order is now before us for review.

Jim Daniels was an overseer, or foreman, for Weisbart & Company, and had been acting as such for some eight or nine years. His duties were to look after cattle and feed them. While so employed on February 6, 1950, he became ill; went to his home; and later was removed to a hospital where he remained for eight…