White v. Ponozzo

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

In 1953, plaintiff (respondent) was employed by the defendants (appellants) Po-nozzo Brothers, logging contractors, to haul logs from the woods in the Canyon Creek area to the Newman Lumber Company mill in Orofino, a distance of 18 to 19 miles. Pursuant to the contract of employment, the plaintiff furnished his own truck and the gas, oil, maintenance and repair necessary to keep it in operation. For such services he was paid at the scale rate of $10 per thousand feet of lumber in the logs hauled. Out of this amount, $1.80 per hour was deducted and paid to plaintiff as…