Johnson v. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Appellant states the question involved as follows: “In a Workmen’s Compensation case, did the accident occur on the premises of the defendant, or were the injuries received away from the actual place of employment during a deviation or departure so wholly foreign to the employee’s duties as to amount to an abandonment of employment ? ’ ’ The referee found that the accident occurred on the premises while the employe was in the course of his employment; and the board and the court below affirmed the awards made to the widow and children.

As it is not disputed that the injury…