Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Conte, Respondent, against Rudolph C. Becker and Others, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-01
Citations: 246 A.D. 874
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Conte, Respondent, against Rudolph C. Becker and Others, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 246
Pages: 874–875

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Conte, Respondent, against Rudolph C. Becker and Others, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an award of the State Industrial Board. Claimant, a carpenter, was injured while repairing the roof of a building owned by the employers. He was indebted to Mr. Becker, one of the employers, in the sum of about $700, and Becker gave him the job of repairing the premises in question, at twenty dollars per week. Appellants claim that claimant was an independent contractor; that the premises were not conducted for pecuniary gain; that there is no evidence of total disability; and that the award does not credit Becker with the $700 loaned to claimant. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present— Hill, P. J., Rhodes, MeNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.