Thе office manager of the catalog order office of Montgomery Ward & Company in Burley, called for, оn maintenance painting specifications, local bids and received a responsive painting proрosal from respondent, which bid was rejected and a bid of appellant Meyer, Incorporated, or Mеyer & Company, sometimes known as Meyer & Turner, painting contractors of Chicago, was accepted.
Thereafter, Meyer, Incorporated, contacted respondent by letter and telephone аnd engaged him to do the work on the basis of $2.15 per hour for his time, his labor costs, overhead, and such profit as resрondent believed he would be entitled to; Meyer, Incorporated, to carry public liability and property dаmage insurance; all other insurance, specifically the withholding fax and Unemployment Compensation, to bе taken care of by respondent. Respond *227 ent was to furnish his own tools and appliances and the paint wаs to be furnished by-Meyer, Incorporated.
Pursuant to such understanding, respondent commenced the work and while engаged therein, fell and broke his leg. Upon proceedings before the Industrial Accident Board, respondent secured an award for workmen’s compensation against Meyer, Incorporated, and Montgomery Ward & Company, on the theory he was their employee.
The appeal presents the contentions made before the Board and here that respondent was an indeрendent contractor of Meyer, Incorporated, and no contractural agreement existed between him and appellant Montgomery Ward & Company — the latter proposition indubitably correct. Moon v. Ervin,
The general rule for determining whether one is a general contractor or employee was well stated by this court in Pinson v. Minidoka Highway District,
Many other authorities cited both by appellants and respondent reiterate this holding, but further citing of cases would be mere repetition without any furthеr 'helpful elucidation.
Respondent contends appellants had such right of control, because the manаger of Montgomery Ward & Company for Meyer, Incorporated—
“(a) She told him where to commence his work.
“(b) She told him his succeeding work.
“(c) She told 'him the hours that he •should work.
“(d) She instructed him to perform additional work and varnishing.
“(e) She told him not to start working until after the roof was repaired, * *
Not one of these directions had any connection -Whatever with the details of respondent’s work. The directions as to the details of doing the work were far more minute and detailed in the following case, but were held to fall short of establishing the Company therein had the right to exercise control over the work donе by the injured party; Gragg v. Cook Cedar Company,
The only limitation on the hours of work for respondent in the case at bar was when the place was open for business, which, of *228 course, was no detailed instruction regarding the work аt all. (c) is a misconstruction because Mrs. Anderson, the local manager, did not tell him what hours he should work, exceрt while the establishment was open. Furthermore, after he broke his leg, respondent secured the individual who comрleted the work, and neither Meyer, Incorporated, nor Montgomery Ward & Company had anything to do with the seleсtion of this person.
Compensation was on a cost-plus basis and it was clearly stated he, respondent, was tо carry all insurance except public liability and property damage.
The contract was for the completion of the full job of painting and absent failure to properly perform, there was no right to terminate thе employment. Adding additional work was not giving directions as to the details. This court has aptly analyzed the controlling fаctors which are applicable and decisive herein:
“ ‘ “An independent contractor is one, who in rendеring service, exercises an independent employment or occupation, and represents his emplоyer only as to the results of his work, and not as to the means whereby it is to be accomplished.” ’
* * The fact that the wоrk is to be done under the supervision of an architect, or that the employer has the right to make alterations, deviations, additions, and omissions from the contract, does not change the relation from that of an indepеndent contractor to that of a mere servant.” ’
“ ‘ “ * * * a reservation by the employer of the right to supervise thе work, for the purpose of merely determining whether it is being done in accordance with the contract, does not affect the independence of the relation.
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The fact that the work is to be done under the directiоn and to the satisfaction of certain persons representing the employer does not of itself render thе person
contracted with to do the work a servant.” ’ ” (Emphasis ours.) In re General Electric Co.,
And the conclusion therein is controlling herein.
“To hold the contract established the relationship of master and servant, it would, at least, be necessary to strike from it all the аbove-stated material terms and conditions, and the effect of that would be to deny freedom of contract.” In re General Electric Co., supra.
As we ordered therein, the Order of the Board here is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the proceedings. Costs awarded to appellants.