Southern Casualty Co. v. Ehlers

The appeal presents the question of whether or not the injuries for which appellee recovered compensation were sustained in the “course of his employment,” as contemplated in the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. 1925, arts. 8306-8309).

Appellee was a young unmarried man, residing with his parents in the village of Orange Grove. He was in the employment of the Jackson Motor Company at Sinton, as an automobile salesman, in an undefined territory in San Patricio and nearby counties. He was under no restrictions as to the time, place, or manner of doing the work for which he was employed,…