195 Iowa 1057 | Iowa | 1923
On March 8, 1919, the plaintiff, while engaged as the employee of the defendant, and in the course of his service, was injured. Compensation was applied for, pursuant to the statute. The defendant admitted its liability under the stat
The nature of the accident from which plaintiff originally suffered and the external injuries resulting therefrom were such that a rupture could have been caused thereby. If the evidence of the rupture had appeared in a brief time, it would doubtless have been attributed to that original cause. The length of time, however, which elapsed before any evidence of the rupture appeared was deemed by the medical witnesses to wholly negative its relation as an effect of the former accident. The order of the trial court is, therefore, — Reversed.