Withers's Case

The claimant was a carpenter in the employ of W. S. Hutchinson, who had an office in Boston. His duties were the erection and fitting of screens and window strips on the premises of his employer’s customers. He did but little work on the premises of W. S. Hutchinson, but went there for orders for work to be done elsewhere. When the place where he was sent to work could be reached conveniently by eight o’clock in the morning, he was paid for such part of his time in travelling to and from the job as his employer believed could be properly charged to the customer. He could travel by the route…