Centrello'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 to Louis Centrello compensation under the act. The case was heard by Chase, J. The material evidence, all of which was contained in the report to the Industrial Accident Board of the single member of that 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.
Centrello owned three teams, which he let with drivers to the J. K. Ryan Company to haul dirt at the rate of $1 per hour for each team and driver. Centrello drove one of the teams him'self. At the end of a day’s work Centrello got off his cart and went in front thinking it would be safer to lead the horses *457down an embankment. He took hold of the horses by the bridle and led them. While doing this his leg was broken by a rolling stone. The J. Ii. Ryan Company directed the general work of hauling the dirt. The drivers did no work of shovelling or loading and only drove the horses…
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