Bonifas-Gorman Lumber Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

During the years 1938 and 1939, plaintiff corporation was engaged in lumbering operations in the counties of Houghton and Keweenaw. In connection with the carrying on of the business plaintiff entered into written contracts with various piece workers, including the individual defendants and appellees in this case. Said contracts were all in substantially the same form, some providing for the cutting of saw logs from standing timber, and others for the cutting, manufacturing and piling of merchantable pulp wood and cedar tie cuts. Exhibit 1, which is typical of the contracts in question, is…