Belyus v. Wilkinson, Gaddis & Co.

Pee Cueiam.

Respondent’s husband, Michael Belyus, was employed by Wilkinson, Gaddis & Company as a handy man about their stables and garage. On August 4th, 1925, he suffered burns from which he died two days later. It is conceded that he met with an accident on his employer’s premises during his working hours. Appellant contends that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of his employment. Compensation was awarded by the workmen’s compensation bureau, which was reversed by the Essex Common Pleas Court, which judgment was reversed by the Supreme Court.

The testimony is necessarily…