Damron v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

This claim was disallowed by the commissioner on the ground that the injury complained of by the claimant “did not occur in the course of and resulting from the employment. ’ ’

The undisputed facts are that claimant, Attie Damron, was admitted to the employ of the Buffalo Creek Coal & Coke Company as a coal loader on September 26,1927, but, due to a shortage of men, he was put to work that evening as a helper on a cutting machine. Upon coming out of the mine at about four o ’clock the next morning, he went to the electric shop or motor barn which was located about sixty feet…