Matter of Johnson v. . Faribault Building Corporation
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 17, 1920, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant was employed as an assistant foreman of carpenters in the construction of a building. His employer was a corporation which had placed a man named" Wallace in charge of the building to act as superintendent of the work of construction.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 17, 1920, affirming an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant was employed as an assistant foreman of carpenters in the construction of a building. His employer was a corporation which had placed a man named" Wallace in charge of the building to act as superintendent of the work of construction. At about six o’clock on a certain afternoon, Wallace stepped up to the claimant, who was still at work, and asked him to drive him…
1Opinion of the Court
Order of Appellate Division, and award of state industrial commission reversed and claim, dismissed, with costs against the state industrial commission, on the dissenting opinion of Henry T. Kellogg, J., below.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cardozo, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ.
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