Rinne v. W. C. Griffis Co.

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Certiorari to review an order of the industrial commission reversing the determination of a referee awarding compensation to relator.

Relator was employed by W. C. Griffis Company from August 7, 1948, until November 16 or 17, 1948, as a tractor and scraper operator while employer was engaged in widening highway No. 169 between Calumet and Keewatin, Minnesota. On October 5, 1948, employe was operating a tractor with a scraper behind it. Because of the nature of the work, it was necessary for him to drive this machinery up and down the banks on the side of the road.…