Hoffman v. Montgomery County

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Claimant’s husband, an experienced mechanic and general utility man in the employ of Paul W. Longsdorf Inc., (which we will refer to as Longsdorf) was assigned in April 1938 to operate a power roller which that company had supplied to the County of Montgomery. The county was then engaged in the reconstruction of four separate county roads and for the use of the roller with an operator paid Longsdorf at a stipulated hourly rate. By the agreement Longsdorf paid the operator’s wages, supplied the fuel and kept the roller in repair. On October 27, 1938 claimant’s husband,…