Iroquois Iron Co. v. Industrial Commission (294 Ill. 106, 1920)

Mr. Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

October 14, 1918, Peter W. Olesen was killed while in the employ of the Iroquois Iron Company, plaintiff in error. He left surviving him Mary Olesen, who obtained a divorce from him in 1914 on the ground of habitual drunkenness, Raymond P. Olesen, twenty-two years old, and Reginald W. Olesen, twenty years old. The elder son, as administrator of his father’s estate, filed his application for compensation before the Industrial Commission, naming the widow as the beneficiary. At the hearing before the arbitrator the petition was amended, making the younger son the beneficiary. The arbitrator found that no amount was payable under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 7 of the Compensation act and awarded the sum of $150 for burial expenses in accordance with paragraph (