Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
California Supreme Court
PROCEEDINGS on Certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission. Affirmed in part, annulled in part. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. William B. Bosley and John P. Coghlan for Petitioner in S. F. No. 8910.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, J.
Two petitions are filed to review the same order of the Industrial Accident Commission, awarding compensation for the death of Robert E. Kendall. The award was made under the provisions of section 25 of the Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act of 1917 (Stats. 1917, p. 831), against C. E. Perry, as the immediate employer, and against the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, as the principal employer.
Both petitioners claim that the evidence is insufficient to show that the relation of employer and employee existed between Perry and the deceased. The only quqstion of fact in the case is…
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