Springer v. North

Hinman, J.:

The claimant was employed as a teamster by the appellant, employer. While driving a horse-drawn vehicle upon which wood was loaded which it was his duty to deliver to his employer’s customers, claimant stopped at a grocery store to purchase some chewing tobacco for his own personal use. The claimant had not left the wagon but had called to the clerk for the tobacco. While reaching for it as it was being handed to him, in doing which he had one foot oh the wheel, the horses started, throwing him to the ground and causing the injuries for which an award has been made. *755The contention…