Myers v. Newport Co.

Ira P. Myers was engaged in the business of blasting trees and stumps, using dynamite in pursuing his work. On January 28, 1930, while blasting on a tract of land from which he had been delivering stumps to the Newport Company, he was killed by a dynamite explosion. His widow instituted this proceeding in her own behalf, as well as for her two minor children, to recover compensation for his death, alleging that he was an employee of the defendant company. The defense is that Myers was not an employee, but an independent contractor, and therefore there was no compensation due. That appears to…