Norton v. Day Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — George JepsON, Judge. Overruling the finding of the industrial commissioner, the trial court held that appellee was entitled to compensation under the act, because an employee of defendant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
1. Master and servant : Workmen’s Compensation Act: findings by commission. I. The statute not only fails to create a liability in favor of contractors, but declares that no contractor engaging to give services is an “employee.” And the terms “contractor” or “independent contractor” do, despite liberal interpretation of the act, retain tlieir common-law meaning, and are still to be given the meaning that courts have always given them. Storm v. Thompson, 185 Iowa 309; Pace v. Appanoose County, 184 Iowa 498; Code Supplement, 1913, Section 2477-m16.
II. The commissioner found against' liability,…
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