Chick v. Tomlinson

DONALDSON, Justice.

In 1963, Carlyle Chick and H. Lowell Hatch, hereinafter called respondents, began working at appellant Lewis Korth Lumber Company for K. D. Tomlinson, appellant. Prior to taking a managerial position in that company, a corporation owned by Tomlinson, Chick worked for a time at another corporation, Beard and Company, also owned by Tomlinson. Hatch, during 1962, was simultaneously employed by Tomlinson for Tomlinson Lumber Sales and by a Mr. Davenport for Tri-Lakes Lumber Company. Tomlinson owned Tomlinson Lumber Sales, but not TriLakes. Each corporation paid one-half of…