Ballard v. Butler

Butler was injured while riding in a motor-truck owned by Ballard and driven by one of his employees.' Butler claimed that he was employed by Ballard and was acting within the scope of his employment when injured, and applied to the industrial commission for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act. The evidence on the hearing authorized the commission to find that Ballard was a man of many activities; that he ran a truck farm, and was engaged in buying and selling produce, transporting it to Florida, to the farmers’ market in Atlanta, to northern States, and at times was also…