Wheeler's Case

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case and is before this court on an appeal by the petitioner from a decree denying him compensation.

The employer, the Central Maine Power Co., at the time of the accident in question operated a certain real estate development located near the dam which it was building at Bingham. This property, known as Daggettville, together with several other parcels adjoining it, had been planned by the defendant to provide housing for the large number of men working on the dam. It comprised a number of acres, was laid out in lots, was traversed by streets, and contained…