Claim of Francisco v. Oakland Golf Club
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Oakland Golf Club and another, from a decision and award of the State Industrial Commission, made on the 5th day of January, 1920, and entered in the office of said Commission.
1Opinion of the Court
H. T. Kellogg, J. :
The deceased employee was a cook in the employment of a membership corporation known as the Oakland Golf Club, which was in possession of a golf course and club house the use of which was free to all members. In the club house a *574restaurant was maintained on the a la carte plan for members and their guests. While the deceased was at work cooking a chicken in the kitchen of the restaurant he was fatally burned by the explosion of an alcohol stove. The club was maintained exclusively for social purposes and to provide members with opportunities to engage in the game of golf…
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