Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 10, 1923 (Millard v. Townsend)

Hinman, J.:

Mrs. Townsend, the employer, appellant, was the wife of a school teacher. Her principal occupation or business was that of housekeeper. She owned a farm which she rented. The farm was about to be occupied by a new tenant. She occupied a small portion of the farm as the residence of herself and her husband, consisting of a dwelling house, a barn and ten acres of land.