Dalmasso v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court sustaining an order of the joint board of the department of labor and industries in rejecting a claim for compensation.

Domenic Dalmasso, the claimant, was the owner of a lot in the city of Seattle, upon which there was an eight or nine room dwelling house. Sometime during the early part of May, 1930, he leased the lot to the View Investment Company, a corporation, for ninety-nine years. One of the clauses of the lease provided that Dalmasso should remove the building from the premises.

For the purpose of making the removal, Dalmasso…