Scaggs v. Lindsey Well Service, Inc.

HALLEY, Justice.

The question before us is whether the trial court’s order denying an award based on its finding “That claimant did not sustain an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment” is correct and supported by competent evidence.

Early in the evening on January 5, 1960, claimant and one Bernard Boutwell, both of whom were engaged by the employer as “tool pushers”, stopped to eat at a cafe in Elmore City, Oklahoma, when Boutwell learned that his car was disabled and would not start. The. two men agreed to travel together in the company automobile regularly used…