Switch v. Mullenbach

Petitioner’s decedent, Andrew Mullenbach, was employed by the prosecutor as a foreman on March 11th, 1916; while engaged in lifting a heavy steel girder he strained the muscles of his back, aggravating two hernias; as a result he had to undergo an operation; he afterwards, on June 4th, 1916, died of a post-operative pneumonia. The trial court found as a fact that the accident arose out of and in the course of his employment. This is the controverted question in the case.