Orcutt v. Trustees of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church

That our duty is to construe the compensation act liberally has nothing to say to the case, for the necessity remains to find a ponderable basis for it in the evidence before sustaining a finding for the affirmative of the issue. No such basis has been discovered by my search of record and briefs. And it appears to me plainly that, if there is any such evidence, it is not only outweighed but completely obliterated by contrary proof.

The conflict, if any, is between the inferences and not in the evidence itself. The proof is that Orcutt was mopping the basement floor when he was interrupted to…