Ortiz Candelario v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Justice . Santana Becerra

delivered the opinion of ■ the Court.

Carlos Ortiz Candelario, petitioner herein, has worked as a laborer for Central Aguirre for 33 years, the last 12 as irrigation foreman. In this employment he was in charge of the irrigation of the cane fields, opened and closed the head gates, kept a record of the workers, and customarily carried *381a shovel with a long handle for some cleaning job in the irrigation. On March 21, 1959, which was a Saturday, the cane cutters did not report for work. Upon superior orders in view of what seemed to be or was an emergency, the…