Pope Co. v. Wells

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The appellee was employed by the appellant, Pope Company, Inc., as a salesman in its grocery department, but he was also required to perform such other duties as the company might require of him. According to his testimony and that of Leonard Ashley appellee was directed to go to the company’s warehouse and assist Ashley in loading one hundred sacks of cement and to deliver the same to Thyer Manufacturing Company which was engaged in the manufacture of prefabricated homes and which used cement in the making of concrete for the floors of the homes. The…