Ervin v. Myrtle Grove Plantation

Mr. Associate Justice Oxner

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by the widow and children to recover compensation for the death of Laurie N. Ervin, who was employed as superintendent and general manager' of Myrtle Grove Plantation, a large hunting preserve and farm in Beaufort County. On December 20, 1943, Mr. Ervin drove a Plymouth' automobile which belonged to his employer from the plantation to Beaufort, a distance of approximately 27 miles, and while returning that night had an accident about 8 o’clock at a point about 13…