Applegate v. Hord

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board denied Adrian Hord’s claim for compensation, having found that the accident in which he was injured did not occur in the course of his employment. Upon proceedings for review the circuit court ruled that as a matter of law Hord was in the course of his employment when injured, and entered judgment remanding the case to the board. The employer, Orville Applegate, has appealed from that judgment.

Applegate had a contract with a limestone quarry operator to haul crushed limestone by truck to farmer customers of the quarry. Hord was employed by…