Guay v. Brown Co.

This case involves the interpretation of the compensation provisions of Laws 1911, c. 163, s. 3 et seq., known as the workmen's compensation act. As has been heretofore pointed out (Mulhall v. Company, 80 N. H. 194) this act constitutes a wide departure from common-law ideas of responsibility. It adopts to a certain extent the theory that industry should bear the burden of losses occasioned in the course of its prosecution. Upon the issue of the meaning of such legislation, common-law precedent furnishes little aid. Resort must be had to similar enactments, and the judicial interpretation and…