Claim of Enright v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co.

Appeal by an employer and insurance' carrier from a decision and award made to claimant by the Workmen’s Compensation Board filed August 14, 1945. That claimant was hired by the employer’s agent and foreman to work on the tree trimming job in course of which he sustained injury, is supported by evidence. Whether the hiring constituted claimant an employee of the agent’s principal is the question presented. There was evidence by which it could be found that the employer had so conducted its business that the public was apprised of the agent’s apparent authority to engage in the work in which…