Bergstrand v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

Nuessle, Ch. J.

McVille is an incorporated village situated in Nelson county, North Dakota. On July 28, 1935, and for a 'long time prior thereto, the plaintiff John -Bergstrand was its duly elected and ■qualified marshal. He was also the village pumpman and night watchman. As pumpman he received a salary of fifty dollars per month. It appears that in August, 1929, at a meeting of the village board of trustees, a "resolution was passed employing him as night watchman. This employment was to continue through the summer and fall months. Each year thereafter, beginning about the middle of the…