Hiebert v. Howell

Appellant Howell had been continuously engaged in the business of buying standing timber in Shoshone county, near Cataldo in Kootenai county and at other places, and of selling logs and contracting the logging out to logging contractors. Henry, David and Gus Hiebert and Frank Fast, a partnership, owned real and personal property including logging trucks, trailers, caterpillars and all equipment for skidding and hauling logs. David and Gus handled the trucks and Henry operated the caterpillar; Fast worked on a jammer.

During the early summer of 1937 the brothers had been working for wages for…