Manning v. Woodland Tobacco Co.

On June 4th, 1930, the compensation commissioner for the first district made a finding and award, in which he dismissed the claimant’s claim for compensation upon the ground that he was a volunteer in performing the work in the course of which he was injured, and hence was not an employee of the respondent Woodland Tobacco Corporation, within the terms of the Compensation Act. In a memorandum attached to the award the commissioner indicated that his conclusion resulted from the view he took of the credibility of certain witnesses. Thereafter the claimant filed a motion to reopen the matter,…