Robinson v. Atkinson

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.'

The plaintiff is suing for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act, and in the alternative for ‘damages for personal injuries. The district court allowed the claim for compensation, but the court of appeal reversed the judgment and rejected the plaintiff’s demand. The court of appeal held that the defendant’s business, being that of farming, in the course of which business the plaintiff was performing servr ices arising out of and incidental to his employment at the time of the accident, was not a hazardous business or occupation, within the definition given in…