Rissman

This is an application for a writ of review to consider an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission to George 0. Smith, who was injured while engaged in certain work for George Rissman and Henry J. Rissman, the petitioners. The injury was the result of an accidental fall from a ladder while Smith was constructing a beaver-board ceiling in a house owned by petitioners, and consisted in a fracture of the left hip.

The petitioners desired to renovate for the purpose of sale two houses situated upon one lot in Los Angeles. The work in contemplation included plumbing and painting. With these, however, the applicant Smith had no concern, his employment embracing the carpentry work only. This work consisted of three separate matters—(1) certain repairs to the roof of the front house, to do which he entered into a contract at an agreed price of $53.50, this figure covering the cost of both labor and material; (2) certain repairs to the roof of the rear house, at an agreed price of $20 for the labor, the owners to furnish the materials; (3) certain miscellaneous repairs to both houses not included in the work aforementioned, at an agreed wage of $5 a day.

It was contended at the…