Clifford v. Eacrett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.

This is an appeal by the employer and his insurance carrier in a workmen’s compensation case.

Appellee, the workman, was employed by Allan B. Eacrett, doing business as the Central Aviation Engineering Company. While so employed on March 24,1945, he was on a mission to get some empty apple boxes for his employer from the basement of the North End Market in Wichita. While waiting in the rear of the building for the boxes to be brought from the basement for loading onto a truck, located in the alley, an explosion of natural gas occurred in the…