Industrial Commission v. Barber

The sole question here presented is whether the presence of the decedent at the place, at the time and under the circumstances of the accident, constituted him then and there in the course of his employment. The legislation relating to workmen’s compensation is predicated on Section 35 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution:

“For the purpose of providing compensation to workmen and their dependents, for death, injuries or occupational disease, occasioned in the course of such workmen’s employment * *

The pertinent parts of such legislation are Section 1465-68, G-eneral Code: ‘ ‘ Every employe,…