Bennett v. State Industrial Accident Commission

On February 28, 1924, the plaintiff filed his claim for compensation with the State Industrial Accident Commission for a personal injury sustained while employed in moving a donkey-engine to a sawmill. The commission rejected his claim for compensation upon the ground that the employer of plaintiff was not subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Act at the time of the injury complained of. From this decision the plaintiff appealed to the Circuit Court for Clackamas County, and from a judgment there rendered in favor of the plaintiff the commission appeals.

The cause was tried in the court below…