Fruit v. Industrial Board

Logan B. Fruit, defendant in error, was engaged in the retail coal business in the city of Decatur. He purchased coal by the car-load and sold it by the ton, charging to his customers $2.50 per ton at his place of business where the customers did their own hauling to their bins and $3 per ton where he delivered it to the customers’ bins, the extra fifty cents per ton being for the hauling and delivery of the coal. In connection with his coal business he owned and used several teams, cared for and fed by the teamsters who delivered the coal for him. When defendant in error was out of coal at…