Hanzlik v. Interstate Power Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an award of compensation under the South Dakota Workmen’s Compensation Law, SDC 64. The essential facts are undisputed and may be epitomized as follows: At the time in question the defendant-employer served some nine communities in the vicinity of, and including, Hartford, South Dakota, with light and power by a connected system of distribution, and employed plaintiff as manager of that district. A severe snow and sleet storm did extensive damage to the company’s lines and cut off service to much of plaintiff’s territory. In attempting to restore…