Legal Opinion

Partridge v. Blackbird

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 13, 1942No. 33,277PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Loring, Justice.

Certiorari to review an award of compensation by the industrial commission to Frank Arthur Partridge against his employer, Eay Blackbird, who owns and lives upon an 80-acre tract in Isanti county.

The principal question presented by the writ is whether or not Partridge was a “farm laborer” within the exemptions to the application of the compensation act.

In addition to his 80-acre tract, about half of which was under cultivation, Blackbird rents several hundred acres of land, part of which he has under cultivation. He also pastures about 20 head of cattle which he owns. In 1940,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peterson v. Farmers State BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
  2. Anderson v. UelandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  3. Hebranson v. Fairmont CreamerySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
  4. Oberg v. DubeauSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Tucker v. NewmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
  2. Davis v. McKinneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1957
  3. Schroepfer v. HudsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  4. Skreen v. RaukSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  5. Nelson v. Harder Royal Breeders, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1971

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