Shannon v. Western Indemnity Co.

There is one question of law to be decided in this case. The material facts are not in dispute. Plaintiffs in error, Leila B. Shannon and Forrest Shannon, are the surviving wife and minor child of T. J. Shannon, deceased. T. J. Shannon Ivas a carpenter, and in November, 1920, was in the employment of the Lyon Planing Mill. He owned a surfacing machine which was used in polishing floors, and which was operated by electricity. Under his contract with the Lyon Planing Mill he had the.right to be released from service with the mill and to engage in the work of surfacing floors, or similar work,…