Butz v. Hahn Paint & Varnish Co.

J. Elwood Butz commenced this proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Code 1931, Section 1361 et seq., as amended), against the Hahn Paint & Varnish Company, C. A. Hahn, sole owner, C. A. Hahn, and Builders & Manufacturers Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago, to recover for an alleged partial loss of vision. The defendants denied that appellee was a workman or employee within the meaning of the statute and further denied the alleged injury and disability. The deputy industrial commissioner, sitting as sole arbiter, made the finding that on June 12, 1933, J. Elwood Butz, the claimant,…