Roberts v. I. X. L. Glass Corp.

Defendants have appealed from an award of compensation to plaintiff. The sole question presented is whether an employee whose contract for employment is entered into in Michigan with a resident employer who is under the work men’s compensation act (2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8407 et seq.), for services to be rendered wholly outside of the State of Michigan is within the terms of the act so that, if otherwise entitled thereto, he may be awarded compensation notwithstanding the accident occurred in another State and that the employee was at no time a resident of Michigan.

Appellants contend that…