Cunningham v. the New Haven Savings Bank

The question raised by this plea is whether the plaintiff is an employee or a tenant of the defendant. If, at the time of the accident, he was an employee the compensation act would control and this plea would be good and this action would fail; if he was a tenant at the time, then this action should stand and this plea should be denied.

For a number of years plaintiff has occupied a room in a building owned by the defendant for which he paid a rental of $50. a month. This rental, some years ago, was reduced to $25. a month, and for a period of a year or more, including the time when the…