Duus v. Duus

Loring, C.

Certiorari from the industrial commission. C. M. Duus was employed by Thore Duus in a meat market at Tracy and was injured while delivering a package of meat to the dining room or cafe in the Antlers Hotel of that city. At the time he received Ms injuries repairs were being made to .the hotel by Dirk Bierhaalder for the proprietor, John F. Fox. The dining room was operated under contract between Fox, and Neil Finch.

A part of the sidewalk in front of the hotel had been shut off from public use. A hoist had been erected by Bierhaalder within the barricade; and the plaintiff, after…