Engels Copper Mining Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, J.
Certiorari to review the action of the Industrial Accident Commission in awarding death benefits to EVa A. Smith, widow of Franklin H. Smith, deceased. Smith was an employee in the service of petitioner and was also a deputy sheriff. He was killed on the evening of August 4, 1918, while attempting to quell a drunken disturbance in a shack owned by petitioner and situated adjacent to its premises. The single question presented is whether or not Smith was killed while “performing service growing out of and incidental to” his employment.
The return to the writ discloses the following facts: At…
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