Douglas
Douglas v. Industrial Accident Commission
Opinion
Lead Opinion
York, J.
On petition for writ of review.
This is an application to annul an award in favor of one 'Julia L. Krummel against Viola L. Douglas, the Commission finding, as a basis for its award, that at the time of the injury which Miss Krummel undoubtedly sustained she was employed by the petitioner, Viola L. Douglas, as assistant manager of a bungalow court, and that both the employer and the employee were subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Act. (Stats. 1913, p. 831.)
This application to annul the award is based upon the contention of the said Viola L. Douglas that at the time of the injury which Miss Krummel sustained she was employed by petitioner as a domestic servant, or at least that the labor or work which she was performing at the time of her injury was that of a domestic servant only.
The undisputed evidence discloses the fact that at the time of her injury, which injury was occasioned by an automobile backing into her, the said Julia L. Krummel. was proceeding back to the bungalow court after the purchase of some bread to be used on the table of the said Viola L. Douglas.
The Commission justifies its award on the ground that the said Julia L. Krummel was the assistant…