Reeder v. Kimball Laundry

This is a suit under the workmen’s compensation law. The plaintiff, Leonard A. Reeder, recovered an award before the compensation commissioner from which an appeal was taken to the district court. From á decree in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant brings the case to this court on appeal.

The only question involved is whether the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant or an independent contractor.

*307The plaintiff sustained a broken wrist in cranking his truck while hauling coal for the defendant. The evidence shows that for eight or nine years prior to the injury the plaintiff had done…