Vandenburg v. Center Township

Dickson, District Judge.

The appellant seeks to recover compensation from Center township, Butler county, this state, on account of injuries sustained by him while engaged in blasting out stumps on a public highway in said township preparatory to the grading thereof by the township. He bases his. right of recovery from the township on the ground that when he was injured he was an employee of the township.. If his contention in that regard be resolved in his favor, then his right of recovery is clear.

From the record it appears, without dispute, that the appellant when injured was, and had been…