Churchill's Case

On January 19, 1927, while cutting wood on a lot owned by the National Fireworks, Inc., the claimant was injured by a glancing blow from his axe which resulted in the amputation of his leg at the ankle. He has been unable to do any form of work since that date.

The evidence tended to show that one Packard, who was in charge of the lumber department of the owner’s business, hired the claimant to cut wood, alone or with an assistant, either by the day or cord; that he was paid by the cord — and the single member found that he was employed — to cut at the rate of $3 a cord; that Packard…