Claim of Dann v. Town of Veteran

Claimant has appealed from a determination of the State Industrial Board disallowing his claim for compensation on the sole ground, as stated in the decision, that he “ was not an employee within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law and the attempt to cover claimant by a policy amendment endorsement, although made in good faith, was an ultra vires act without binding force and was ineffective and was not applicable to the claimant herein.”

We have thus presented to us for review a single question of law. It is conceded that claimant was the elected superintendent of highways of the…