Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-24

In the clam Tor compensation
brought against the Metropolitan In
surance company by Mrs. Annie z.
Mckay. Of 23y Spalding street, for the
death Of her husband, Charles ]. Nc
Kay Compensation Commissioner
James J. Donohue fled his finding on
Monday. The hearing was held on
August 10th. 1t is found that Mr..
Mckay was injured on June End and
his death occurred on June 11th. 1915,
and this his injury arose out OF and
in the course of his employment. His
widow is awarded as compensation
the sum of SO weekly for a period of
S12 weeks, together with 800 for bur-
ial expenses. the medical. surgical and
the respondent
The commissioners memorandum Of
decision is as follows:
In finding for the claimant in the
present case the question which must
be decided is: Did the injury arise
out of and in the course Of his en-
ployment?
As the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company is a company which trans
acts industrial insurance, together
with ordinary and other forms, It Is
expected that an agent in their en-
ploy is on duty a very large part of
his time: in fact, there are no hours
specified when he shall or shall mot
work. He is entitled to and allowed
to collect and write insurance policies
and solicit for business at any hour
Of the day or night that may best suit
the convenience Of himself and the
prospective candidate for insurance
Accident in Main Street.
According to the finding of the cor
in the testimony it appears that said
Charles ]. Mckay died in the town OF
Norwich on the 18th day of June, 1915,
from hemorrhage of the brain due to
fracture of the skull. Said Charles
]. Mckay was In the highway at tbs
streets, Norwich. at about III p m
of June End, 1915, walking from the
sidewalk at the northwesterly corner
of the Marguerite building, toward the
car track, having signalled the mo-
tor man of the electric car that had
left Franklin square ut us p. m. that
was approaching. He was coming
toward the electric car diagonally
across the street and had reached a
point i've or six feet from the cal
track when an automobile operated by
William H. Buckley Of Baltic, Conn.,
came along, going northerly, Mr.. Buck
ley occupying the front seat alone and
driving the car.
According TO the statement of VIII
liam H, Buckley he did not see Nc
Kay until he was within so feet OF
him" and then in his effort to pass
Mckay he struck him with the au-
tomobile Mckay was dragged some
ten or fifteen feet. and when the au-
tomobile was brought to- a standstil
he was taken out from under the for
ward end unconscious and bleeding
from a wound on the back of his head
according to the coroner's finding. Mr.
Mckay was then taken to the Baclus
~ mil
utes to seven n m, June 18th, 1910
Had Sisnalled to Car.
In the coroner's finI''~ 80 annoHrs
that NcKays had signalled the motor
man OF the electric car and in another
place it states that Mckay was in the
highway for the purpose of board
ing an electric car. ell of which would
tend to show that there was no ques-
ton in the mind OF the coroner bgt
he, received his injury for the pur-
pose Of taking g car which was going
toward GreeneviIle at the time
Certain Sections to Each Agent.
For the convenience of the agents
and to facilitate their collections and
to do it with greater dispatch. the
different agents are assigned to GER
tain sections Of the city IN which to
collect. McKay's district consisted OF
the west SIDE ana ne also ndQ q mum
Der of collections to make In Poque-
tanuck and the neighboring territory
which could be most easily reached by
him. This system Of the agents col
lecting in certain districts is not a
hard and fast rule. so that an agent
is not restricted from writing new
business in other sections of the city
outside Of the district allotted to him;
in fact, he can write business any
where, but in order to have collections
more conveniently made, after a cer-
tain specified time. the business is
transferred to- the agent in that dis
trict, in case Of the removal Of ar
insured from one district to another
If such can be done conveniently, but
there are exceptions to all these rules
and as said before they are not hard
and fast rules, so that for some rea-
son every agent is collecting in some
other agents territory at times.
1t is customary for agents to credit
up the amount which they collect
| from policyholders on a book which
the insured has at his or her home
| and also to credit it on their owl
book, which is a fairly good sized bool
and generally carried by an agenl
during the time of making his regular
collections. but there are times n