Burlage v. Lefebure Corp.

This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation law. Comp. St. 1929, sec. 48-101. Elizabeth Burlage, dependent widow of the employee, Walter W. Burlage, is plaintiff. The defendants are the employer, Lefebure Corporation, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the latter’s insurance carrier, Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company. The employee was a traveling salesman of general office supplies under the contract with the employer, hereinafter called “Corporation,” and was required to furnish his own automobile in the performance of his duties and to operate it ■at his own expense. His average…