Connor Co. v. Industrial Commission

Harold Cleary was shot and killed February 12, 1938. He left Cecelia Cleary, his widow, and two dependent daughters. He was employed as a traveling salesman for the Kinsey & Mahler Company, now the Connor Company, the plaintiff in error. One of his duties was to collect accounts for his employer, which was engaged in the wholesale plumbing supply business.

Cleary had heard that the city of Havana, Illinois, was going to extend its waterworks system. On Saturday morning, February 12, 1938, Cleary, after borrowing $5 from a customer in Havana, and obtaining some gasoline on credit, met Evert…