United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Croft

I dissent from the judgment first because the facts show that the employee had absented himself from the premises of his employer and the duties of his employment to a degree that amounted to a temporary abandonment of *120his employment. While he was only 25 feet from the premises of his employer he was about a hundred yards from the property he was employed to guard. Secondly, I dissent because the evidence demands the finding that the homicide of the employee was caused by the wilful act of a third person directed against the employee for reasons personal to such employee within the meaning of…