Hale v. Mansfield Lbr. Co.

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

Lawrence Victor Hale was getting out timber for appellee, Mansfield Lumber Company. He died from a heart attack while working on the job. The Workmen’s Compensation Commission denied compensation on the ground that he was an independent contractor. Hale’s dependents have appealed.

There was no written contract between Hale and Mansfield, but according to the evidence, the oral contract was that Hale was to receive $7.50 per 1,000 board feet, plus payment of the insurance premium, for skidding the logs out of the woods and loading them on trucks. Hale owned the…