18 N.E.2d 914 | Ill. | 1938
An arbitrator, the Industrial Commission and the superior court of Cook county found that Nels Beckman's death on December 20, 1935, arose out of and in the course of his employment. The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, his employer, has been granted a writ of error to review the award in favor of Beckman's widow.
Beckman was employed by the plaintiff in error about twenty-five years. At the time he died he was a foreman in its gas-generating and pumping department. He worked in Blue Island, where he lived, until he was transferred to the company's new plant at Niles Center. He continued to *335 live in Blue Island, but was allowed sixty-seven cents per day to cover the cost of his transportation. The same arrangement was made with another employee, Habenicht, who took turns with Beckman in furnishing an automobile to drive to work. Habenicht was driving and the two were on their way home from work when Beckman was killed in an automobile collision. Beckman had no duties, except those he performed at the plant in Niles Center.
Plaintiff in error contends that Beckman was through work and that his death did not occur in or arise out of his employment. In Fairbank Co. v. Industrial Com.
The defendant in error relies on our holding in Irwin-Neisler Co. v. Industrial Com.
It is not necessary to consider the other questions raised.
The order of the superior court of Cook county, and the award of the Industrial Commission, are reversed.
Order and award reversed. *336