Summary
In Hospers v. Hungerford-Smith Co. (194 App. Div. 945) claimant's intestate resided in Sheldon, Iowa. The defendant, Hungerford-Smith Company, was a New York State corporation, and had its principal place of business at Rochester, N.Y. The deceased hired out in Rochester to work in Missouri, where he was killed.
Summary of this case from Minto v. Hitchings Co.Opinion
November, 1920.
Award affirmed on the authority of Matter of Klein v. Stoller Cook Co. ( 220 N.Y. 670); Matter of Fitzpatrick v. Blackall Baldwin Co. (Id. 671), and Jenkins v. Hogan Sons, Inc. ( 177 App. Div. 36), it having been found that the contract of employment was made in the year 1914. All concur, except John M. Kellogg, P.J., dissenting on the authority of Matter of Smith v. Heine Boiler Co. ( 224 N.Y. 9) and Matter of Gardner v. Horseheads Construction Co. ( 171 App. Div. 66).