Vitagraph, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

LARSON, Justice.

From an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation plaintiff brought certiorari, presenting the single question: Was the accident one arising “out of, or in the course of employment” ? Defendant, Pierre Oliver Perry, had a home approximately two miles southeast from Sugar House in Salt Lake County. He was employed at times, on assignment, by the petitioner as a checker at mov ing picture houses in Salt Lake City and vicinity where and when Vitagraph Pictures were being shown on percentage basis. He was not regularly employed and received no fixed weekly wage.

He…