Shubert v. Steelman

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The employers were engaged in the business of cutting timber and hauling sawlogs. One of their employees, Buford Steelman, was killed when a tree cut by another employee fell upon him. This suit was brought by his widow against the employers and their insurer to recover, on behalf of' herself and their four children under 16 years of age, compensation and burial expenses under the Act.

Defendants admitted in their answer that Steelman was killed in their employ by a tree felled upon him by another employee, but denied that his death resulted from an…