Claim of Smith v. Price
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Charles H. Price and another from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, entered in the office of said Commission on the 21st day of October, 1914, granting compensation for the death of Erwin D, Smith,
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
The appellant Price was carrying on the “business of carting and dray work” at Cortland, N. Y. The intestate, his teamster, had operated the truck during the day, and about five o’clock in the afternoon returned to the stable and, in the course of his employment was putting his horse in the stall when it jumped, squeezed him against the side of the stall, causing his death. The Commission determined that the employee met his death in the course of his employment of operating the truck within the meaning of section 2, group 41, of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, which provides: “ §…
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