Peterson v. Highland Crate Cooperative

BUFORD, J.:

This case arises under the Florida Workmen’s Compensation Act. Highland Crate Cooperative is a Florida corporation engaged in the cutting of material and manufacturing crates for citrus grower members. Claimant’s decedent husband was engaged in the business of cutting and hauling logs and made three contracts with the corporation. In the first contract he agreed to cut the logs from what was known as the McCrary tract, another tract which was known as the Asbell tract' and a third tract known as the Heading Mill tract. Decedent Peterson by oral contract with the corporation’s…