Swanson v. Latham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendants from the 'finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner of the second district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to the Superior Court in Tolland County, from which the cause was transferred by agreement of the parties to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and reserved by that court, Gager, J., upon the finding of the Commissioner and the evidence before him, for the-advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The facts essential to the decision of this appeal, as found by the Commissioner, are these:—
The plaintiff is the widow of Andrew S. Swanson, a carpenter, who was employed by the defendants, Latham & Crane, building contractors, of Willimantic, to work upon the Dennis house in Stafford Springs, for the repair of which the contractors had the contract.
The contractors agreed as a part of the contract of employment with Swanson and five other employees, including Osterhout, similarly employed, who lived in or near Willimantic, that they would pay them in addition to their regular wages their…
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