Knipe v. Skelgas Co.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. In the latter part of July 1936, the claimant, William J. Knipe, 25 years of age and residing with his father and mother in Armstrong, Iowa, applied to C. B. Slemp, the manager -of the Spencer office of the Skelgas Company, for a position with that Company, and Mr. Slemp assisted the claimant in making out an application for employment.

Sometime later the claimant was called back to the Spencer office and a written contract of employment was entered into between himself and the Company. The work for which the claimant was employed was the selling of…