Bolin v. Scheurer

Hilton, Justice.

On certiorari to the industrial commission, we must review a finding that when injured, Clayton Bolin, the claimant, was the employe of and entitled to compensation from John Scheurer, Jr. and not the city of Mankato.

Scheurer, an excavating contractor, owned and operated a gasoline shovel and.two trucks. Since June, 1939, Bolin had driven one of these trucks on various projects, for which he received an hourly wage. Having heard that Mankato would be needing excavating facilities for reducing certain street surfaces to proper level after installation of curb and gutter,…