Hopper v. Koenigstein

The sole question involved is whether the death of Roy Hopper arose out of his employment, so as to entitle his widow to benefits under the workmen’s compensation law. The compensation court dismissed her claim, and the district court, to which she appealed, similarly denied a recovery. She has appealed to this court.

Hopper was employed as a service man in the electrical refrigerating business operated by defendant at Norfolk, Nebraska. On June 24, 1936, he was sent to Stuart, Nebraska, to repair and adjust a beer cooling system, which he had installed about a month previously, in the tavern *839o…