Mazzi v. Smedley Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Resekvation for the advice of this court, by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, /., of a finding and pro forma award by the Compensation Commissioner of the third district. The plaintiff is a barber and conducts a barber shop.
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Resekvation for the advice of this court, by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Webb, /., of a finding and pro forma award by the Compensation Commissioner of the third district. The plaintiff is a barber and conducts a barber shop. In order to earn extra money he, on various occasions, worked for the defendant, going to the office of the latter in the morning of each day and asking for work, and being given work for that particular day, and at the end of the working day receiving his pay, $3.50 for the day. Each day’s employment constituted an independent contract. In this employment…
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
This case comes up as a reservation upon a pro forma award pursuant to the provisions of § 5383 of the General Statutes as amended by § 16 of Chapter 142 of the Public Acts of 1919. The decision of the questions raised depends upon the construction to be given to § 5353 of the General Statutes as amended by § 8 of Chapter 142 of the Acts of 1919. As a verbal scrutiny of this Act is requisite, we quote in full so much of the Act as applies, as follows: “For the purposes of said chapter, the average weekly wage shall be ascertained by dividing the total wages received by the injured workman…
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