Farmers Elevator Co., Kingsley v. Manning

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether injuries of a workers’ compensation claimant arose out of and in the course of his employment for Farmers Elevator Company.

The parties agree on the basic facts. Before claimant Milo F. Manning was injured he worked as a salesman for the Elevator. He sold Elevator products by making sales trips to farms in the Kingsley area. Among the commodities he sold was an animal health product manufactured by Su-persweet Feeds.

On the night of June 25, 1975, claimant was injured on his way home from a dinner given for customers of Farmers…