
    In the Matter of the Claim of Margaret Nolan, Respondent, against Cranford Company et al., Appellants.
    
      Matter of Nolan v. Cranford Co., 17# App. Div, 959, affirmed.
    (Argued October 9, 1916;
    decided October 24, 1916.)
    Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 7, 1916, which affirmed an award of the state workmen’s compensation commission for the death of one William Nolan. ■ The defendant Cranford Company, which was engaged in the general trucking business, hired horses, wagons and drivers from one Kane, who paid the drivers their wages. Nolan, one of the drivers so furnished, while driving a wagon under the direction and control of the Cranford Company, was accidentally killed. The question was as to whether the Cranford Company was the employer of Nolan at the time of the accident within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.
    
      George A. Blauvelt, Joseph A'. Warren and Francis J. MacIntyre for appellants.
    
      Egburt E. Woodbury, Attorney-General (E. Q. Aiken of counsel), for respondent.
   Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Hxscock, Chase, Collin, Cuddebaoic, Hogan and Cardozo, JJ.  