Claim of Clynes v. Dobler Brewing Co.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from an award of death benefits made by the Workmen’s Compensation Board to the widow and minor child of a deceased employee.

Decedent was killed in an automobile accident. The sole issue on appeal is whether his accidental death arose out of and' in *74the course of his employment. He was employed by a brewing company as an outside salesman, mainly to call upon customers to maintain good will, to encourage the sale of the employer’s beer, and to solicit new business. Ordinarily he did not take orders from established customers for either draft or…