Corcoran v. Fitzgerald Bros.

Knutson, Justice.

Certiorari to the industrial commission to review a decision denying compensation to an employee.

The facts are not in dispute. Relator, a student at the University of Minnesota, was employed as a laborer by Fitzgerald Brothers during the summer vacation. Fitzgerald Brothers were engaged in the construction of a new hippodrome building on the Minnesota state fair grounds. In order to protect the property of the contractor, a ten-foot wire mesh fence with barbed wire around the top was constructed around the project. Gates for ingress and egress were provided at the northeast…