MATTER OF AVIS v. ELECTROLUX CORP.


2 A.D.2d 717 (1956)

In the Matter of the Claim of John D. Avis, Respondent, v. Electrolux Corp. et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 14, 1956


Claimant was a salesman of vacuum cleaners. In the course of demonstrating his equipment he put the cleaners in actual use in the homes of prospective customers. When he came home after demonstrations it was his custom to empty the dust bag of its accumulation in the backyard of his home; turn it inside out, and sweep it to be ready for the next day's demonstration. He had no fixed hours of employment: "I worked days or nights." On May 10, 1951 while claimant was cleaning...

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