Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Thomas

' Petitioner seeks to review the judgment and findings of the circuit court holding it liable under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Code 1923, § 7534 et seq.).

The employee was a miner in petitioner’s mine, being paid by the ton and “yardage.” He furnished his own explosives, which he could and usually did purchase from petitioner, but could buy them elsewhere as he saw fit. For his convenience and profit he purchased them in large quantities, and kept them at his home situated about half mile from the entrance to the slope leading to his place o-f wox-k. He rented the house from petitioner,…