Hj Heinz Co., Etc. v. Chavez, Etc.

The Industrial Board made an award granting compensation to appellees, dependents of one Solomon J. Chavez, whose death was the proximate result of personal injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment with appellant company. From this award appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The question which this court is required to determine is whether, at the time of his fatal injury, decedent was employed by appellant as a farm or agricultural employee and, as such, was exempt from the Workmen’s Compensation Act, by Section 9 thereof. This section of the Act provides “This act . . . shall…