Travis Creek Fuel Co. v. Maggard

CLAY, Commissioner.

This workman’s compensation case presents the question of whether or not the employee’s death arose out of his employment. He was shot and killed by a third party while operating a truck on his employer’s business. The Board awarded compensation to his widow and this award was upheld by the circuit court.

The deceased, Dewey Maggard, was employed as a coal truck driver by appellant, Travis Creek Fuel Company. While cleaning out the fuel line of his truck he discovered sugar in the gas tank. He suspected one Heffner, a representative of the lessor of the mine from which coal…