Beyer v. Decker

The question to be decided in this case is one arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code, art. 101: whether an excepting clause in section 65, excluding from the operation of the act employees “engaged in rendering any agricultural service, or in service incidental to or in connection with agricultural pursuits and developments,” covers an employee who works on a dairy farm and delivers milk, as described in the evidence. There is no dispute on the scope and character of the employee’s duties. The State Industrial Accident Commission held that he was not such an employee as the…