Claim of Lyle v. H. R. Lyle Cider & Vinegar Co.

Hiscock, Ch. J.

This appeal represents an effort to secure an award under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67) in favor of the claimant on the theory that her injúred husband was an employee and also that the policy issued by the carrier covered him as an employer and, therefore, insured against the accident suffered by him while engaged as such employer in the per formance of work being carried on by the copartnership. The latter is the more important claim.

Claimant’s husband, upon whom she was dependent within the provisions of the Compensation Law, was a member of a…