Grathwohl v. Nassau Point Club Properties, Inc.

The employer was the proprietor of a “ real estate development,” as the parties have termed it, on Nassau Point, L. I. The development related to a parcel of land containing 500 acres, the greatest dimension of which measured four miles. Four or five men were employed upon the parcel. The claimant had charge of the development and of the men employed. He was required to visit all parts of the property at least once every day. For this purpose he employed his own Ford automobile and furnished the necessary gasoline and oil. The president of the employer has stated that he would not have…