Daly v. Blount Lumber Co.

Cochrane, P. J.:

The defense is that claimant was an independent contractor. The Blount Lumber Company was engaged in lumbering operations. Claimant was a farmer and with other farmers contracted to draw logs for the lumber company from Smartville where the logs were cut to the plant of the company in Lacona,' a distance of about five miles. Claimant furnished his own team and for the services of himself and team was paid five dollars per 1,000 feet. The logs were loaded and unloaded by employees of the lumber company. The only duty of claimant was to transport them. While drawing the second…