Johnson v. Department of Industrial Relations

The purpose of this proceeding is to review an order of award of compensation made by the respondent tribunal, known as Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Industrial Accidents and Safety, to one Tyler for injuries sustained by him in the course of his employment.

From the petition for a writ of review and the return thereto, briefly, but so far as are here essential, the facts which said respondent tribunal was justified in assuming were established by the evidence, appear to be that one Johnson, who was a building contractor, was engaged in the construction of a house which, in due course and without delay, he desired to have shingled. To that end he made an effort to secure the services of a man who was engaged in that sort of work but who, owing to press of business, was unable to give the matter Ms immediate attention. However, in order to accommodate Johnson, he communicated with another shingler by the name of Woodward. It appears that although Woodward also was engaged on another shingling job, and consequently believed himself unable to devote his personal attention to the proposed Johnson job, he did secure the immediate services of a third shingler named…