Dockery v. Thomas

Motor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

The question is whether appellee, William Earl Thomas, was engaged in an “employment” in “agricultural farm labor” at the time of his injury and, therefore, excluded from the benefits of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Sec. 2 C (1) of the Act (Ark. Stats., Sec. 81-1302 C (1)) provides in part: “Employment means: Every employment carried on in the State in which five (5) or more employees are regularly employed by the same employer in the course of business or businesses, except domestic service, agricultural farm labor , . . ”

The facts are not in dispute.…