Knowlton v. Porter Trucking Co., Inc.

This is an original petition for compensation under -the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It is before us on the employee’s appeal from a decree of the full commission affirming the decree of the trial commissioner which denied and dismissed the petition on the ground that the petitioner had failed to prove by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the injuries he sustained arose out of and in the course of his employment with respondent, connected therewith and referable thereto as required by law. General Laws 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-33-1.

The facts are not in dispute. The petitioner, a…