Carmichael v. J. C. Mahan Motor Co.

Eugene Carmichael, the employee, sued J. C. Mahan Motor Company, the employer, alleging disability com-pensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, chapter 23, Act of1919. The trial judge sustained a demurrer to the petition holding that the injury was not by accident arising out of and in course of the employment. It is shown by the petition:

"That on the 30th day of April, 1927, and for a long period of time previous thereto, petitioner was employed by the defendant company as a porter in its office to scrub and sweep- floors and perform other menial tasks and to wash, repair and handle…