Grice v. National Cash Register Co.

Lewis, Justice.

This case involves a claim for death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Vernon E. Grice was employed by the defendant National Cash Register Company at Florence, South Carolina, and was sent by the employer to Dayton, Ohio, for several months training in connection with his work. While there, Grice received fatal injuries in an automobile accident when he was returning from a picnic which he and other employees had on their own initiative arranged and attended near Dayton. The Industrial Commission awarded death benefits to his widow and dependent children, holding…