Palmer v. Hamer

Spear, District Judge.

Compensation proceedings brought by Gerald H. Palmer, special administrator of the Estate of Ernest H. McNutt, also known as Harry Miller, deceased, plaintiff and appellee, against Will H. Hamer, defendant and appellant, on account of the death of McNutt. Deceased was an itinerant and intermittent house painter, who had been working off and on for defendant Hamer, a painting contractor. Deceased, at the time of his death, was engaged in his master’s business, and the evidence shows was making an average of about $10.40 a week, although he was paid 75 cents an hour.

The…