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Matter of Miles v. Colegrove

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 17, 1940
258 App. Div. 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)

Opinion

January 17, 1940.

Appeal from State Industrial Board.


Claimant was employed as a truck driver, mechanic and laborer. While engaged in drawing logs from premises of a third party, and unloading the same at the employer's saw mill, he was injured. It is contended by the employer that he was engaged in farm labor at the time within the meaning of the Workmen's Compensation Law. The employer did conduct a farm but he was also engaged in several other activities, such as lumbering, trucking and general contracting. The referee rejected employer's contention that he was not engaged in the lumber business at the time the accident occurred, and that claimant was a farm laborer. There is evidence to sustain the referee's findings and their affirmance by the Board. Award affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Hill, P.J., Bliss, Heffernan and Foster, JJ., concur; Crapser, J., dissents, and votes to reverse the award and to dismiss the claim on the ground that the claimant was engaged in drawing logs to the farm to be used in erecting a silo on the farm.


Summaries of

Matter of Miles v. Colegrove

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Jan 17, 1940
258 App. Div. 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)
Case details for

Matter of Miles v. Colegrove

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of JESSE MILES, Respondent, against ROBERT…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Jan 17, 1940

Citations

258 App. Div. 1014 (N.Y. App. Div. 1940)

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