Simonson v. Knight

Certiorari to review an order of the industrial commission denying compensation to the relator as an employe of J. C. Knight, who, together with his insurer, the Midwest Mutual Insurance Company, are respondents.

Knight operates a restaurant in the city of Benson. In the fall of 1926 the relator was employed there as a cook. Her hours were somewhat irregular. Customarily she entered the restaurant through the back door. On the evening in question, while approaching that entrance for the purpose of going to work immediately in the kitchen of the restaurant, the relator fell into an open…