Starkweather v. Weidman Lumber Co.

The defendant company appeals from an order of the department of labor and industry granting compensation to plaintiff who, together with one Ned Moe, was engaged by the defendant company to cut logs at the rate of six cents per log. Plaintiff and Moe began work June 27, 1933. They were furnished tools by the company, assigned to a particular place to work, were told how to cut the logs, and began work at 7 o’clock in the morning and quit at 5 p.m. While at work on July 3, 1933, plaintiff sustained an accidental injury resulting in a fractured back, injury to shoulder and left leg,…