Haggard's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, entered on December 24, 1918, that the claimant was not entitled to compensation. The case was heard by Chase, J. Material facts are described in the opinion. A decree was entered dismissing the claim; and the claimant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJennet, J.
James Haggard was in the service of the city of Brockton and was engaged in general teaming, using his own-horses and cart. He was paid $6.50 per diem for his own services and the use of his property. He not only drove his team, but did other work incidental to its use. It did not appear that he received *331orders except as to places of receipt and delivery of his loads. On the day of his injury, July 11, 1918, he had been hauling coal from a pile near a railroad. During the noon hour, he sat on the railroad track, and leaned against a railroad car while eating his luncheon. While he was so…
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