Legal Opinion
Industrial Commission v. Bonfils
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 9, 1925No. 11,357PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
The Continental Investment Company operated a coal yard under the name of the Post Coal Company. Edward G. Sprigg was accidentally killed while hauling coal for that company, and Martha Sprigg, his widow, claims compensation. The defense is that he was not the employee of the company. The commission gave her an award which the district court set aside and the case comes here on error.
The attorney general for the commission claims that Sprigg was an employee of the defendant in error, under section 9 of the workmens’ compensation act (chapter 80, C. L. ’21), and also under section 49. Said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Industrial Commission v. HammondSupreme Court of Colorado · 1925
- Franklin Coal & Coke Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Muncie Foundry & Machine Co. v. ThompsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919
- Norton v. Day Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- McKinstry v. Guy Coal Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1924
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3Cited by53 opinions
- United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hillen v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
- Industrial Commission v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939
- Throop v. FE Young and CompanyArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- Murray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
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