Cooper v. Interstate Motor Freight Co.

Defendant, Interstate Motor Freight Company, a Michigan corporation, transports freight by motor trucks to various .points in Michigan and nearby States. It sold a-motor truck on contract to one Joseph Cesiel and, coincident thereto, gave him a “hauling contract” for a term of 18 months, some of the important provisions of which, were as follows: Cesiel agreed to transport freight for defendant as a contractor and not as an employee; he was to haul and distribute freight to all points designated by defendant by motor truck and trailer, to be equipped with tarpaulins large enough to protect…