John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Lieb

This writ of certiorari brings up an award in favor of a petitioner in a workmen’s compensation ease, the prosecutor being the employer. The only question for determination is the sufficiency of a notice served by the prosecutor on its employes, including the respondent Lieb, for the purpose of putting an end to its liability under section (or division) 2 of the Compensation act, entitled "elective compensation.”

The petitioner had been employed by the prosecutor as an outside insurance agent collecting his premiums in the usual manner. This employment had been on the basis of a tacit…