Merrill v. State Military Department

The appellant in this case, whilst attending a camp of instruction at Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he had gone under orders of his superior officer, suffered a temporary total disability from injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment as a member of the Maryland National Guard.

Subsequently he filed a claim for compensation with the State Industrial Accident Commission, under chapter 332, Acts of 1924, and was awarded compensation at the rate of eight dollars per week. That award was reversed on appeal to the Baltimore City Court and from the judgment of that court…