Huber v. Hennepin County Welfare Board

Knutson, Justice).

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to respondent.

Mrs. Clara Birmingham has been a recipient of old-age assistance since 1936 or 1938. Respondent, Elizabeth Huber, had been a friend of Mrs. Birmingham for some 30 years. They worked together in lodges in which they were mutually interested, and Mrs. Huber had often visited at Mrs. Birmingham’s home. In 1952, Mrs. Birmingham became ill, and Mrs. Huber began calling on her two or three times a week to assist her in various ways. For such services she was paid small amounts by Mrs.…