Rice v. Keystone View Co.

Loring, Justice.

This case comes here on writ of certiorari to the industrial commission to review its decision of July 9, 1940, vacating the order and findings of a referee and finding that the relation of employe and employer existed between S. E. Rice, deceased, and Bell & Howell Company, relator.

The facts are as follows: Relator, an Illinois corporation doing business in Minnesota, on April 17, 1936, entered into a contract with one S. E. Rice whereby the latter agreed to promote and sell exclusively the relator’s products in South Dakota, the western half of North Dakota, and the ten…