NINETEENTH SEED COMPANY v. TOWNSEND

No. 40456.

394 P.2d 531 (1964)

NINETEENTH SEED COMPANY and Central Surety and Insurance Corporation, Petitioners, v. Vernon L. TOWNSEND and the State Industrial Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Shelton, of Savage, Gibson, Benefield & Shelton, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Welch & Dudley, Madill, Charles R. Nesbitt; Atty. Gen., for respondents.


JOHNSON, Justice.

The claimant, Vernon Townsend, was an employee of the Nineteenth Seed Company of Oklahoma City, engaged in driving a truck. In connection with a project of his employer, he was operating his truck in Wichita Falls, Texas. His hours of labor terminated at 5:00 p.m. On the day in question, September 9, 1961, he was permitted by his foreman to quit work at 4:00 p.m. in order to meet his wife. It was some distance...

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