Wilson v. Barrows

The main question here raised is whether the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant at the time of the injury. The case was started before the commissioner of industries, from whose award the case was appealed to the county court, and from that court came to this Court on exceptions by the defendant. The case was tried by court and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, to which the defendant excepted. The other exceptions saved were to the court’s failure to find as requested in defendant’s requests 5, 10, and 12.

Request 5 is as follows: “'While there was no written contract or express…