Funk v. A. F. Scheppmann & Son Construction Co.

Edwin L. Funk, an employee of relator A. F. Scheppmanh & Son Construction Company, sustained fatal injuries while driving the employer’s motor vehicle. Respondent, his widow, was awarded benefits on the’commission’s finding that the deceased employee’s injury and death arose out of and in the course of his employment. We reverse.

Thé circumstances out of which the claim arose are not complicated. Decedent-employee resided with his wife at Worthington, Minnesota. Scheppmann, his employer, was headquartered at Okabena, Minnesota. Decedent was a field supervisor on Scheppman construction projects…