Murdoch v. Humes Swanstrom

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the accident which caused the death of Murdoch, an auto mechanic employed by Humes & Swanstrom, employers operating a garage and machine-shop, arose out of and in the course of his employment.

The specific point made by appellant being that the deceased had stepped aside or departed from his employment at the time of the accident. The Industrial Accident Board, and the district court concluded otherwise.

The material findings of the board are as follows:

“That on the said 19th day of September, 1929, one Robert Rue Murdoch, now deceased, was…