Show High Court to Pass on Lath Death By Lightning I State Road Commission Disclaims Disclaims Dis Dis- DiS 1 cla claims Responsibility for lor for Fatality I Il l I Is an act of or God Goll an accident I under the thc law Jaw of oC Utah This is a 1 question w which l h the supreme mo court pf Qt the state stae has lias been asked to dc de- cide clde in iii a petition from the state slate road roat commission asking a writ of ot certiorari against the he state Industrial industrial industrial indus Indus- trial commission The writ was Issued returnable April 26 6 Joseph C. C Johnson an e of oC the tho state road commission while at work in Washington count county on a highway September 4 4 1919 was struck b by lightning lightning- and instantly killed Ills His wife Harriet E E. Johnson for tor herself and three minor children applied to the state lo Industrial commission for tor workmen's compensation and the commission after hearing the evidence e awarded Mrs Johnson 10 28 S a week for tor a period of or 31 weeks the tho amount of ot the award being 56 and directed that It Il be paid by tho the road commission The state roa road commission pe petitioned petitioned petitioned pe- pe the industrial commission commission commission commis commis- sion on March arch 10 for tor a rehearing which was denied From this de decision decision do- do the road commission appeals to lo the supreme court Th Tho appeal Is based on the question whether the bon beneficiary in this case can recover compensation for tor the death I of ot ono one who vho was wa killed b by lightning light lIght- I ning i |