Morgan v. Industrial Commission of Utah

FOLLAND, Chief Justice.

From a decision of the Industrial Commission of Utah denying compensation, plaintiff brought certiorari. The only question presented is whether, under the undisputed facts, plaintiff’s accidental injury arose out of or in the course of employment. We conclude it did, and the decision of the Industrial Commission must be reversed.

Samuel Morgan, plaintiff, is and was the principal of the Davis County High School at Kaysville. On Sunday, February 2, 1936, at about 10' o’clock p. m., he was struck by an automobile and severely injured while walking on the public highway…