Sines v. Brumfield

SMITH, Justice.

Appellant Ray Brumfield, employer, will be referred to as the appellant.

For a time prior to and on August 2, 1959, the relationship of principal and independent contractor existed between appellant and Potlatch Forests, Inc., under a logging contract; Jay Brumfield, appellant’s brother, and Truman G. Sines, Sr., were appellant’s employees, — Brumfield as woods superintendent and Sines as a jammer operator.

Under a portion of his logging contract, which he deemed to be obligatory, appellant entered into an arrangement with Pot-latch Timber Protective Association (hereinafter…