Cease v. Thomas, Exrx.

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The claimant, Alfred E. Cease, was badly hurt on June 25, 1940 by the collapse of a scaffold on which, with others, he was working as a carpenter, reshingling the roof of a grocery store building owned by Carter Bache.

He filed a claim petition for workmen’s compensation, in which he averred that at the time of the accident he was employed by James E. Thomas, a building contractor, who was also working on the scaffold at the time of its collapse. Mr. Thomas died the day after the accident, and the claim was filed against his executrix and his ifisurance carrier,…