Sugar Valley Coal Co. v. Drake
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Industrial Board of Indiana. Proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for compensation 'by Ellen Drake against the Sugar Valley Coal Company. From an award for applicant, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ibach, C. J. —
On June 29, 1917, appellee filed her claim before the Industrial Board asserting that her husband’s death was caused by an accident arising out of and in the .course of his employment with appellant as a teamster. Upon a hearing before the full board she was awarded compensation.
It is appellant’s contention that the uncontradicted evidence shows that the relation of master and servant did not exist between it and the decedent at the time he suffered the accident which caused his death, and therefore the case is one which does not fall within the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Acts…
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