Weaver v. Shanklin Walnut Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an appeal' from a judgment of the district court affirming on appeal an award of compensation made by the *772commissioner of workmen’s compensation under the workmen’s compensation act.

On May 14, 1928, Raymond H. Weaver was employed by the Shanklin Walnut Company to cut trees to be used in making lumber for that company. He was paid according to the amount of timber cut by him. On that day, while working in Missouri with another man, one of his legs was broken by a tree rolling onto him. He was treated by a physician in Missouri, who…