Matter of Baum v. Welden

The Appellate Division has annulled an award made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law to the widow and mother of Charles Baum who met his death in an accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment. The court said that at the time of the accident Baum was working as a farm laborer. In that view of the case, the claim was not within the reach of the statute, because the word “ Employee ” — as used therein — does not include farm laborers (§2, subd. 4). The State Industrial Board brought the case here.

The employer owned a farm near the Village of Richfield Springs. He did not…