State v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.

Citations

• 80 Wash. 435

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Workmen’s Compensation—Premiums Payable to State—Classification — Rate — Statutes — Construction. Under 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6604-4, of tbe workmen’s compensation act, classifying “construction work” and requiring payment into tbe state treasury of a premium of sis and one-balf per cent of tbe payroll for construction work on “tunnels,” witb various other rates for “bridges,” “carpenter work,” etc. and five per .cent for “steam railroads,” and Id., § 6604-4, subd. 3, providing tbat if a single establishment of work comprises several occupations listed in different risks, tbe premium shall be computed according to tbe payroll of each occupation, if clearly separable, a railroad engaged in tbe construction of a tunnel for use on its main line must pay tbe premium listed for “tunnel” construction, where tbe payroll therefor was clearly separable from its payrolls for other construction work (Chadwick, J., dissenting).</p>