Hobson v. Department of Labor & Industries

— W. H. Hobson, Jr., was on duty twenty-four hours daily as a watchman and general repairman for the Greenwood Logging Company, which had suspended operations. Hobson was required to furnish his own food supplies. The company’s logging railroad intersected a county road about four miles from the company’s main camp. At this crossing, the company maintained a building where supplies and mail for the camp were left for transportation to the camp by means of a gasoline-propelled speeder furnished by the company for Hobson’s use. It was the custom of Hobson’s brother, who operated a grocery store…