Butler v. White Eagle Oil Refining Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the district court in a compensation case. Earl H. Butler was an employee of the White Eagle Oil Refining Company, and in his claim represented he had suffered an injury on August 25, 1932, while moving a freight car heavily loaded with coke. He was using what is called a “car-walker,” a kind of jack, or crowbar, used in moving cars. He represented that he jumped on the end of the handle to force it down. The teeth of the appliance did not catch, but slipped, with the result that he fell in a sitting…