'Petitioner is the insurance carrier for the Canterbury Hotel, that company having been found to have been the employer of decedent. There is no doubt that if the employer-employee relationship existed, the accident was industrial, and that it caused the death of Laurio. The trial referee recommended a finding that decedent was an independent contractor, but the panel of the commission found that the employer-employee relationship existed. [1] 'The evidence on the issue in question is not entirely satisfactory, and the question presented is a very close one. He was told that the nursery could not handle the work but would be glad to recommend a competent man.

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