Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Thornton

This is a workmen’s compensation case. There was no issue on the facts. It was agreed that James R. Thornton, the deceased, was a traveling salesman for S. P. Richards Paper Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and that the State of Georgia was his territory. He made up his own route, and went into the territory more or less as he pleased. His salary was $150 a month, and his expenses were paid by his employer. His death occurred on June 11, 1943. The claimant was his legal wife, and is his dependent widow. Presumably he resided in Atlanta, although this does not' seem to appear in the record. The…