Flint Construction Company v. Woods

LAVENDER, Justice:

This is an original proceeding by Flint Construction Company and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company to review an award granted on the claim of Willow Mae Woods, surviving spouse of Leonard E. Woods, in her own behalf and on behalf of her two minor children, under the death benefit provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The award is attacked by the petitioner on three grounds: first, that the evidence failed to establish that the relationship of employer-employee existed between the decedent and the petitioner at the time of his accidental injury; second, that…