Nichols v. Pacific County

George D. Nichols, who was injured on April 16, 1934, by the caving in of a ditch in which he was working, brought this action, alleging, in substance, that he was, at the time, employed by Pacific county; that the work in which he was employed was extrahazardous; that the county failed to include him on any payroll furnished to the state department of labor and industries; that the proximate cause of his injury was the county’s negligence; and that he had duly filed a claim with the county, which had been rejected. On a trial of the action, the plaintiff re covered, a verdict, and from the…