City of Sacramento v. Industrial Accident Commission

This matter is before the court upon the petition of the City of Sacramento to review the action of the Industrial Accident Commission of the state of California awarding compensation to the respondent Eva Streepy on account of the death of her husband occurring while in the employ of the above-named petitioner.

The record before us shows that William E. Streepy and the respondent Eva Streepy were on the twenty-fourth day of May, 1924, and prior thereto, husband and wife; that on the 24th of May, 1924, the said William E. Streepy, while in the employ of the City of Sacramento as an electrician, was instantly killed by reason of an electric shock which caused him to fall from a high pole on which he was then working, the neck of said Streepy being broken by coming in contact with the ground below. After all the proceedings provided for to be taken in such cases, the respondent Industrial Accident Commission awarded to the said Eva Streepy the sum of $5,000, $100 thereof being allowed for funeral expenses and the remainder thereof as compensation to be paid at the rate of $20.83 per week, beginning with the date of the death of the said William E. Streepy, of which amount $1,083.16…