Taylor v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a suit for workmen’s compensation against Newellton Hardwood Company, a partnership, and its compensation insurer, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, brought by the dependents of William T. Taylor, who died as a result of an accident which occurred while he was unloading logs at the mill of the. defendant Newellton Hardwood Company at Newellton, Louisiana.

Relators, plaintiffs in the district court, contend that the deceased was either an employee of Newellton Hardwood Company or an independent contractor as defined in the Workmen’s…