Burchett v. Department of Labor & Industries

Respondent filed a claim for compensation with the department of labor and industries claiming an injury on January 3, 1927, resulting in hernia. The department, after investigating the claim, rejected it on the ground that the claimant was not a workman, but an independent contractor. The claimant thereupon appealed to the superior court of Spokane county, where the cause was tried and judgment rendered reversing the decision of the department.

The record is short and the facts are undisputed. Respondent entered upon a service of some kind for one Christensen, whereby he agreed to haul logs…