Farmers Grain & Supply Co. v. Blanchard

The appellant was awarded compensation by the compensation commissioner for the death of her husband while employed by the appellee. On appeal to the district court the award was set aside and judgment of dismissal rendered. Claimant appeals.

The husband of the appellant, on June 30, was manager of the grain elevator of appellee at Minden. The bookkeeper, whose duty it was to attend to the correspondence and make out' reports, was absent from the town for a few days. A report had been called for by the United States G-rain Corporation, which, according to a letter accompanying the same, was…