Hanst v. Swartzfager

Opinion by

Dithkich, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the referee, the Board and the Court of Common Pleas have all ruled against the claimant on the ground that he was not an employe of defendant but was an independent contractor at the time he was injured. The facts, all of which were put into evidence by claimant, the defendant not having offered any testimony, are, as gleaned from the opinion of the Board, substantially as follows. Claimant, a farmer, was the owner of a truck equipped with a winch. It was for hire by the public at the rate of $4 an hour, the owner driving it himself…