Brewer v. Department of Labor & Industries

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court affirming an order of the department of labor and industries, by which one John Brewer was denied compensation under the workmen’s compensation act because, at the time of the injury, he was not an employee.

The Hobi Timber Company is engaged in the logging business in Grays Harbor county about thirty miles to the west of the city of Aberdeen. The Western Operator’s Association is a corporation with its principal office in the city of Seattle and its members are logging companies which operate in the western part of the state. The Puzey…