Zinken v. Melrose Granite Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceeding in the district court for Steams county under the Workmen’s Compensation Act in which judgment was entered in favor of the workman and against his employer and the insurer of the employer. Upon the relation of the employer and its insurer the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari directed to the district court for Stearns county and the Honorable John A. Roeser, judge thereof, to review the proceedings in that court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, O.
This was a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, in which Zinken, an employee of the Melrose Granite Company, was awarded compensation, and his employer and its insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company, by writ of certiorari, bring here for review the judgment entered for the amount awarded.
Zinken was a stone mason employed on July 20, 1915, by the granite company in laying the foundation walls of a building it was erecting. Mortar was brought to him by a fellow workman, whose duty it was to deposit it on a mortar board. In doing so, he carelessly splashed some of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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