Tuttle v. Embury-Martin Lumber Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to the Industrial Accident Board. Sarah Tuttle presented her claim for compensation against the Embury-Martin Lumber Company and the Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Company for the death of her husband in defendant lumber company’s employ. From an order awarding compensation, respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The question involved in this case is whether Ephraim Tuttle, the deceased husband of Sarah Tuttle, the applicant, was an independent contractor or an employee within the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act. The Industrial Accident Board found that his relation was that of employee, and from that finding the respondents have brought the case here by certiorari.
Ephraim Tuttle, for whose death applicant claims compensation, was engaged in hauling logs for the Embury-Martin Lumber Company, near Cheboygan, on January 8,1915, and met his death by being thrown from a load of logs while he…
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