Melendez v. Johns

This proceeding is one under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Rev. Code 1928, sec. 1391 et seq., as amended. The Industrial Commission denied Melendez compensation and dismissed his application therefor on the ground that the work he was doing when injured was not covered by the Compensation Law. The employers were Garwood Johns and Wayne Brand, according to the commission’s findings. The commission is made a party as the representative of the State Compensation Fund.

On or about May 1, 1936, and after the spring lettuce season in the Salt River Valley was practically over, the employers, Johns…