Severson v. Industrial Commission

Sam and Albert Severson, as copartners, operated a farm and a fleet of milk trucks. They employed seven or eight truck drivers, who, in addition to hauling milk, did general farm work. They were paid by the month, and received room and board at the farm. Although driving a *171milk truck was ordinarily a one-man job, it was customary for the drivers to go along to assist other drivers at times, which practice was known to the Severson brothers, who tacitly approved of it.

The truck drivers had their own routes, and usually collected milk from the farms on their respective routes in the morning and…