Boris Const. Co. v. Haywood

ANDERSON,- C. J.

This action was under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Laws 1919, p. 206), and was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, in substance, as follows: The plain tiff’s husband was an employs of the defendant, and was killed while acting in the line and scope of his' employment as a truck driver, and while standing near a truck he was employed to drive, and while the truck was standing in front of the defendant’s place .of business within the city limits of Birmingham. The deceased was in the act of stepping up into the truck for the purpose of driving it to deliver cer^ tain…