Court Opinion

ID: 3499576
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 22:06:48.36227+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:49.650689
License: Public Domain

Plaintiff was an independent contractor, master of his own time, movements and services, and was not confined to his personal efforts, but could engage others to aid him in accomplishing a result for which he was to be paid a stipulated sum. The case is ruled by Gall v. Detroit Journal Co.,191 Mich. 405 (19 A.L.R. 1164); Carleton v. Foundry  MachineProducts Co., 199 Mich. 148 (19 A.L.R. 1141); Zoltowski v.Ternes Coal  Lumber Co., 214 Mich. 231; Odle v. Charcoal IronCo., 217 Mich. 469.
The award should be vacated.
CLARK, STEERE, and FELLOWS, JJ., concurred with WIEST, J.