Lesser v. Great Lakes Casualty Co.

The sole question to be determined in this case is whether the trial court was warranted in finding that at the time of her injury Mrs. Lapham was employed by plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs were the owners of the apartment house in suit known as Park View Apartments in which there were sixteen apartments. Mrs. Lapham and her husband lived there for a year and a half before the accident occurred, occupying an apartment on the first floor at the front of the building. The direct testimony •of Mrs. Lapham upon the agreement between herself and plaintiffs, with respect to her services, is as follows:

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