Poole v. R. F. Learned & Son

Appellant Mrs. Nola Poole is seeking workmen’s compensation benefits for the death of her husband Henry D. Poole, who died on October 26, 1954, in the course of his employment for appellee R. F. Learned & Son. The question is whether the denial of compensation is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, and the law concerning the contributing effect of usual and customary exertions on the job. We think it is.

Poole, 64 years of age, was employed as a log scaler. In this work he used a Doyle ruler four feet in length, and would measure the footage of logs as they were dumped on the…