WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION - DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE - RELIEF WORKER

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

An unemployed workman applied to a local relief committee, and received a work order on defendant city, based upon his needs and the number of his dependents. Payment was in scrip, which was accepted by merchants, who were later paid out of funds appropriated by the state and federal governments. The man was put to work on a "made work" project which was under the supervision and control of the city officials. The work was necessary and proper to be undertaken by the city. While so engaged, he was injured, and brought an action to recover compensation. Held, that the injured workman was an employee of the city within the meaning of the workmen's compensation act, and entitled to compensation. Weber County-Ogden City Relief Committee v. Industrial Commission of Utah, (Utah 1937) 71 P. (2d) 177.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION - DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE - RELIEF WORKER, 36 Mich. L. Rev. 690 (1938).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol36/iss4/24