104 Neb. 701 | Neb. | 1920
This is a claim under the workmen’s compensation act. The employee was engaged in the services of the Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Company, plaintiff, his duties requiring him to inspect and repair arc laiaps. This employment had extended over a period of years. While at work at Sixteenth and 0 streets in Lincoln, January 25, 1919, he fell into a coal hole and was injured. He died March 23, 1919. He had been earning $110 a month. The district court found that the accident resulted in his death and awarded defendant $12 a week for 350 weeks. Plaintiff has appealed.
1 Plaintiff contends that the death of the employee was not caused by any accident, but was 'the result of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. It is argued, therefore, that, on the evidence in the record a finding
Affirmed. ■