Marquiss v. Bilwil Mining Co.

*421The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is a workmen’s compensation case. In the proceeding before the compensation commissioner and in the district court the claimant recovered. ' The respondent and insurance carrier appeal from the district court’s award.

So far as the issues on appellate review are concerned little, if any, dispute exists as to the facts. Those about which there is no possible controversy can be summarized as follows: The claimant, a man sixty-five years of age, was a hoisting engineer in the employ of the respondent company at its lead and zinc mine in…