Ritchie's Case

The insurer appeals from a decree of the Superior Court awarding compensation. The reviewing board denied the employee’s claim. The board’s findings, which are at variance with those of the single member, are these. The claimant, approximately eighty-three years of age, was president and treasurer of the insured corporation, a manufacturer of gutters, pipes, and spouts. On January 28,1964, between 9 and 9:30 a.m. he came into the office as usual and walked in the direction of the bookkeeper’s desk. When he was about three or four feet from the desk, still wearing his hat and overcoat, he bent…