Haller v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court affirming an order of the joint board of the department of labor and industries rejecting a workman’s industrial insurance claim. The material facts, which are not in dispute, were concisely and accurately stated by the court in its memorandum opinion as follows:

“William Canady is the owner of Delano Townsite and as such, operates his own water system. Two or three weeks prior to July 22, 1939, he decided to have a well cleaned out. His son Jess recommended the plaintiff [appellant], who had been working on the dam but who was out of…