Oberg v. Dubeau

Peterson, Justice.

For some years before the accident respondent and her husband lived in a basement apartment of a hotel at the Geneva Beach Resort. This resort, prior to 1935, was owned and operated by relator Arthur J. DuBeau. In 1931 DuBeau hired Oberg to work at the resort as caretaker and handy man for one year, in return for living quarters, board, light, heat, telephone, and $50 per month during the summer months when the resort was open to the public. In the winter Oberg and his wife were to stay at the resort and look after the property, for which they were to receive living…