Peters's Case

Decree affirmed. The employee worked for Mount Holyoke College as an assistant cook. She was required to live in Torrey Hall, the dormitory where she worked. Employees were encouraged to attend church services, and no deduction in pay was made for the time spent in attending church. On Sunday morning, January 27, 1957, the employee and other employees left Torrey Hall to attend church. While walking down a flight of steps from the public sidewalk to the public street (which ran through the campus of the college) the employee slipped and was injured. After finding the foregoing facts, the…