Claim of Wakefield v. World-Telegram

This is an appeal by the employer and insurance carrier from an award of the State Industrial Board made in favor of the widow and two minor children of Hugo Wakefield. The sole question is whether the shooting arose out of and in the course of the employment of the deceased. Hugo Wakefield was employed by the World-Telegram to drive a delivery truck which was kept in the Excelsior Garage. When his day’s work was finished it was bis duty to return the truck to the garage and before placing it in its position to drive it to a gasoline pump where it was filled with gasoline. On the day of the…