Case Name: Howard DeCamp v. The Youngstown Municipal Ry. Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-05-27
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 374
Docket Number: No. 18237
Parties: Howard DeCamp v. The Youngstown Municipal Ry. Co.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Wanamiaker, J., not participating.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 374–374

Head Matter:
No. 18237
Howard DeCamp v. The Youngstown Municipal Ry. Co.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Mahoning county.
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE — Where! employer contracts to carry employe to his work, employment begins when he> enters going' conveyance — Injury at car stop,, on leaving it, is in course of employment and he is remitted to Compensation Act for pay..

Opinion:
ALLEN, J.
1. Where an employe contracts to carry an employe to and from his work, the employment begins when the employe enters the conveyance to go to the place of work.
2. An employe of a street railway who was injured at the car stop where he left the street car in orderl to go to his employment, having been conveyed to his work oh the street car as a part of the contract of employment, is injured in the course of his employment and is remitted to the Workmen's Compensation Act for compensation.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Wanamiaker, J., not participating.