Heal v. Industrial Commission

The following opinion was filed October 9, 1928:

Crownhart, J.

The defendant Lewis Adams was employed by the plaintiff W. E. Heal to drive a tractor. Heal was engaged in road construction in the summer and in logging operations in the winter. On the day of the accident Adams was directed by his employer to drive a tractor to *96plow a lot of less than a half acre for one Long, who operated a pool hall. Long was going to plant the lot to tobacco.

The plaintiff Heal had taken out a compensation insurance policy with the plaintiff Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company. This brought Heal under…