Winslow's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to George Winslow of Mansfield for an injury sustained by him on June 26, 1918, when working on the roads of that town, which had accepted the provisions of St. 1913, c. 807. The case was heard by J. F. Brown, J. The material evidence reported by the Industrial Accident Board is described in the opinion.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to George Winslow of Mansfield for an injury sustained by him on June 26, 1918, when working on the roads of that town, which had accepted the provisions of St. 1913, c. 807. The case was heard by J. F. Brown, J. The material evidence reported by the Industrial Accident Board is described in the opinion. The judge made a decree in accordance with the decision of the Industrial Accident Board; and the insurer appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The claimant was engaged in the business of stable-keeper, teaming and jobbing. He let, to work for the town on its roads, a cart, a pair of horses and himself as driver for the single and undivided price of $6 per day. His work was principally driving, but as occasion required he got off and shovelled and raked. The matter of handling the horses was left entirely to bim and he managed them in his own way. He had used a cart of his own most of the time, but on the day of his accident he furnished a cart which he did not own. The accident occurred while he was driving off the road…
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