Hilding v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment granting’ to the respondent compensation under the workmen’s compensation act for the death of her husband.

The facts are unquestioned and undisputed: For six years prior to and on the 28th day of April, 1929, Charles R. Hilding was employed by the Arthur Far-rish Lumber Company at Asotin, Washington, as a lumber grader and mill foreman. On tbe morning of April 27, 1929, Hilding, accompanied by some fellow employees, at the direction of his employer, traveled from Asotin, Washington, to Spokane, Washington, to regrade a quantity of lumber which had been…