Donahue's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Patrick M. Donahue who was employed by Thomas J. Flynn and Company, dealers in church goods having their salesrooms in Boston. The case was heard by Jenney, J. The evidence before the arbitration committee and the Industrial Accident Board is described in the opinion.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Patrick M. Donahue who was employed by Thomas J. Flynn and Company, dealers in church goods having their salesrooms in Boston. The case was heard by Jenney, J. The evidence before the arbitration committee and the Industrial Accident Board is described in the opinion. The judge made a decree in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board; and the insurer appealed. The case was submitted on a brief for…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The evidence presented to the arbitration committee was in substance as follows: The claimant, who was employed by Thomas J. Flynn and Company in the sale of church goods, on February 21, 1916, left his employer’s place of business in Boston and proceeded by train to Lowell and thence by electric cars to the village of Collinsville in Lowell. Upon leaving the electric cars, he went to the house of a clergyman, which was distant about ten minutes’ walk from the car line, and after completing his business there left and started to walk back. He had proceeded about thirty-five or forty feet when…
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