Boyd v. Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

I am sympathetic to the result reached by the decision of the majority, however, I dissent from it for the reason I fear it invades the realm of the Legislature. It is the duty of the Court to reach a just decision from the facts before it and the present applicable law. It is the duty of the Legislature to proclaim the policies and new laws of the State. I submit the following *449opinion which I humbly believe to be in accord with our previous decisions and the law of this State.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the sole question for decision is whether J. E. Durham was an employee…