Legal Opinion
Haggard v. Calhoun
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 21, 1956No. 36984PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALLEY, Justice.
In 1945,' Ernest Haggard, doing business as Haggard Lumber Company, operated a small portable sawmill in Bryan County. About the 9th of August of that year, he employed H. J. Calhoun to assist with a team in loading logs on a truck and agreed to pay him $5 per day. Mr. Calhoun was an elderly man, unable to read and write, except to sign his name.
Mr. Haggard testified that he was not able to pay for compensation insurance, but purchased what is termed an “Employers’ Special Accident Policy,” providing practically the same protection as the regular Workmen’s Compensation…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Continental Casualty Co. v. GoodnatureSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. WhittSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Thraves v. GreenleesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. GraySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
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