Lauzier

Certiorari. Petitioner was the housekeeper, living with her son-in-law and daughter, where she performed some service and for which she received, as expressed in her own language, her “board and upkeep.” In addition to this she was given by a son the sum of $25 per month to assist in her support. At the same time she owned four small frame houses which she rented to tenants, the net income from which, offsetting expenses, appears to have been, during the period immediately preceding the event concerned herein, no amount whatsoever. An agent attended to the renting of these houses and collected the rental thereof. This agent employed a carpenter to repair the roof of one of the houses; the time consumed was about one hour and the charge made for the service thirty cents. While descending from the roof the carpenter fell and was injured. He afterward prosecuted a claim against the petitioner under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The commissioners, by a majority decision, made an award against petitioner requiring the payment of a considerable sum of money for hospital bills, physicians’ charges and expenses, together with a weekly allowance to continue during disability. It is the…