Torrey

This is a petition to review and annul a decision of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California, finding that the death of Ivor E. Torrey, who was an employee of the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Dairy Control of the State of California, did not occur in the course of his employment.

The deceased, at the time of his death, which occurred July 24, 1932, was a resident of Sacramento, and was an employee of said department. He was a supervising inspector, and his duties required him to travel over the state, conferring with local inspectors of the department, and arranging for and conducting meetings of dairymen in an effort to obtain their co-operation in enforcing the laws and regulations affecting them and their products. Such meeting was scheduled to be held at Eureka on July 25, 1932, and it was expected to last three days. One Louis Brown was the inspector in charge at Eureka. He lived at Ferndale, some miles southerly from Eureka. Mr. Torrey was on his way from Sacramento to Eureka, and drove by Ferndale for the purpose of conferring with Mr. Brown concerning business of the meeting on the following day. On arriving at Ferndale, he learned that Mr.…