Nyland v. Department of Labor & Industries

41 Wn.2d 511 (1952)

250 P.2d 551

OLAF NYLAND, Respondent,

v.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.[1]

No. 32126.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

November 20, 1952.

The Attorney General and Walter F. Robinson, Jr., Assistant, for appellant.

Roy E. Jackson and Thor P. Ulvestad, for respondent.

DONWORTH, J.

This appeal presents the sole question whether a person engaged in the business of fishing (which is not covered by the workmen's compensation act) who hires others to labor in the extrahazardous employment of building a boat for use in his fishing business, is an employer…