( 1 ) 1 This is an appeal by the employers from an order of the Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation granting the respondent compensation amounting to Rs. 2400/- together with certain costs.

( 2 ) THE respondent-applicant was the widow or one Isac Francis, a fitter employed by the appellants. There was evidence that he had been sent, to Writers Buildings to repair a handle of an almirah, obviously therefore the work which he was sent to do was of the lightest kind.

( 3 ) THERE was evidence of a lower division assistant employed in the Writers Buildings. According to this assistant Sailendra Nath Chatterjee, the deceased workman took measurements of the almirah which was in a room on the ground-floor of the building. He went outside and started working. This assistant said that the workman had a fit and began foaming at the mouth. According to this witness the workman did not have an accidental fall.

( 4 ) MEDICAL evidence was given by Dr. Ashok Kumar Mukherjee, the Resident Medical Officer of the Campbell Hospital. He treated the deceased man when he was brought to the hospital and according to the witness it was a case of cerebral thrombosis with progressive