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NYLAND v. DEPT. OF LAB. & IND.

No. 32126.

41 Wn.2d 511 (1952)

250 P.2d 551

OLAF NYLAND, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

November 20, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Walter F. Robinson, Jr., Assistant, for appellant.

Roy E. Jackson and Thor P. Ulvestad, for respondent.

DONWORTH, J.

This appeal presents the sole question whether a person engaged in the business of fishing (which is not covered by the workmen's compensation act) who hires others to labor in the extrahazardous employment of building a boat for use in his fishing business, is an employer within the meaning of the act.

Since 1912 or 1913, William E. Melzer has been a commercial fisherman. In 1944 and 1945, with the aid of carpenters, shipwrights, and other workmen...

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