Burgess's Case

This is a claim by an employee for workmen’s compensation under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 26, as appearing in St. 1943, c. 529, § 8. The facts are not in dispute and may be summarized as follows: The claimant was employed by Prentice-Hall, Inc., a distributor of tax information and service, as a salesman and tax representative. In the course of his employment he called upon the treasurer of the Chicopee Savings Bank to sell his employer’s service. While he was seated and talking to the treasurer at his desk, an unknown assailant came up to the treasurer and spoke to him. As he spoke he drew…