Pigeon's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act, St. 1911, c. 751.
1. The Industrial Accident Board have found that Joseph Pigeon came to his death through an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment by Vila A. Shaw. The first point argued is whether the finding that he was in the employ of Shaw at the time of the injury was warranted by the evidence. The finding stands upon the same footing as the finding of a judge or a verdict of a jury. It is not to be set aside if there is any evidence upon which it can rest.
There was evidence tending to show that the decedent…
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