Warren v. Globe Indemnity Co.

Plaintiff, dependent mother of George Barnes, Jr., who at the time of his death on July 26, 1940, was employed by the Wilson Supply Company, a dealer in oil field equipment and supplies, filed this suit for compensation against his employer and its insurer. Defendants admitted the accident and employment, but denied that plaintiff's son was acting in the scope and course of his employment at the time of the fatal accident. From a judgment of the district court holding that her son was not engaged in the business of his employer at the time of the accident and rejecting her demands, plaintiff…