Krause v. Swartwood

Certiorari to review an order of the industrial commission denying compensation.

At the time of her alleged injury relator was employed in the office of the respondent Dr. F. A. Swartwood at Waseca. Her duties were those of office assistant and secretary to a physician and surgeon. Her “noon hour” was from 12 to 1, and it was her custom to go home for lunch. On May 26,-1926, at the request of Dr. Swartwood, who expected to be absent at midday, she lunched at a cafe near the office. Not only that, she arranged with the telephone central that all calls for the doctor, while she was absent from…