Ryan v. STATE PRISON FOR SOUTHERN MICH.

Plaintiff herein, claiming that he had sustained a personal injury on June 23,1960, arising out of and in the course of his employment by defendant Michigan State Prison for Southern Michigan, hereinafter called defendant, applied for compensation under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act 1 of the State. Defendant filed answer denying that at the time of the alleged injury plaintiff was in its employ. Hearing was had before a referee who concluded from the proofs before him that plaintiff was not subject to the provisions of the statute that he sought to invoke, for the reason…