Crowe v. De Soto Consolidated School District

The claimant, Bessie Crowe, a teacher in the DeSoto Consolidated School, sustained a hip fracture on December 19, 1952, as a result of a fall upon an icy roadway adjoining the school district property, while she was attempting to walk about two blocks from the school to observe the condition of Highway 169. She made claim under the Iowa Workmen’s Compensation law alleging the injury was one that arose out of and in the course of her employment. The defendants denied the allegation and maintained she had abandoned her employment, was on a journey of her own, and that she was outside the course…