Sala v. American Sumatra Tobacco Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the defendant from a finding and award of the Compensation Commissioner for the first district in favor of the plaintiff, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Burpee, J.; the court affirmed the award and dismissed the appeal, from which judgment the defendant appealed. Another case, Carmelo Scalia v. American Sumatra Tobacco Company, like this in all material respects, was tried with this case and was disposed of in the same way.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
These two cases were tried together and the findings and questions arising therein are identical. The questions presented by the appeals are: Did the Superior Court err in affirming the findings of the commissioner upon the evidence, (a) that the injury and death of the decedents arose out of their employment by the American Sumatra Tobacco Company; (b) that'the injury and death of the decedents arose in the course of their employment; (c) that a contract of employment was entered into by the decedents with the Tobacco Company; (d) that a condition of the contract of employment was that the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Powers v. Hotel Bond Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Donovan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Swanson v. LathamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- Pigeon v. LaneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Kilduff v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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