Calaveras Copper Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

The petitioners, as the employer and its insurer of one Andy Jordan, seek by this proceeding to have annulled an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission to said Andy Jordan by reason of certain injuries received by him while in the employ of said Calaveras Copper Company. The sole question presented for our consideration is as to whether or not at the time of his said injuries said Jordan, in doing the work out of which his injuries immediately arose, was acting within the scope of his employment.

[1] The particular work which said Jordan was doing at the time the accident occurred which caused his said injuries was this: He was, at said time and for some time prior thereto had been, employed by the Calaveras Copper Company as a truck driver in and about its property at Copperopolis, California, which property included a sawmill upon its premises at said place, his duty as such truck driver being to haul such lumber, wood, or other articles from place to place as directed by his employer. On the date of his injuries he had been instructed to haul some wood for one of the officials of the company, and in order to facilitate the doing of said work he concluded to put some…