Roland v. Frantz

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This appeal in a workmen’s compensation case is from a judgment entered by the court below upon an award by the board.

Paul Boland, the deceased, 47 years of age, was a tinsmith. On July 18, 1935, from about 12 noon D. S. T., to 2 o’clock, he worked for his employers on the roof of a new school building in the city of Beading. From then until 4 P.M. he was engaged in installing an 18- or 20-inch ventilating pipe under and in close proximity to the roof in a space about 4-% feet high.

Henry E. Hathaway, the official in charge of the United States Weather Bureau in Beading,…