United States Casualty Co. v. Hardie

This case arises under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Rev. St. 1925, art. 8306 et seq.), and presents but the single question: Were the injuries for which compensation was awarded received by the claimant while engaged in or about the furtherance of the business of his employer, and did they originate in and arise out of such em-ploymeht?

Defendant in error was employed as- a clerk and salesman by th'e Merchants’ Produce- Company, it being his duty to sell to the general public various kinds of produce carried by his employer. The building in which the employer carried on such business was…