Harris v. Fry & Kain

Boyles, C. J., On leave granted, defendants Michigan Life Insurance Company and its insurance carrier, New Amsterdam Casualty Company, prosecute appeal in the nature of certiorari from an award of the department of labor and industry granting compensation benefits to plaintiffs. The right to compensation is not in dispute. The issue is as to which of two defendants was the employer, and therefore liable for compensation.

Plaintiffs are the dependents of John Harris and Ernest Martin, deceased. These two men were killed May 8, 1941, when dirt caved in upon them while they were laying tile in a…