Weathers v. Jones

The sole issue before us is whether there is in the record sufficient evidence to sustain the finding of fact of the hearing director, that the widow claimant did not carry the burden of establishing that the employee was killed in an accident that arose out of his employment. The evidence is undisputed that the decedent was employed as a night watchman for the lumber company; that all of the clocks required to be punched by him on his rounds were in buildings of the company on the west side of the highway; that the company leased “quarters” where company employees, both white and colored,…