Hinton v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.

J. T. Hinton and Son, complainants, operate an automobile ambulance, in connection with an undertaking business. In response to a call, their ambulance was sent to the home of Mrs. Belle Hall, in the City of Memphis, for the purpose of conveying her to a local hospital. A stretcher, with which the ambulance was equipped, was carried into the house, and Mrs. Hall was carried thereon from her bed to the ambulance by the ambulance driver and his assistant, servants of complainants. One of the stretcher bearers slipped on a muddy terrace and fell to his knees, as they were approaching the…