Jacobson v. Weidman Lumber Co.

Plaintiff was awarded compensation for the loss of an eye, and defendants review the holding of the department of labor and industry by certiorari, claiming that plaintiff was an independent contractor, and, in any event, has not lost an eye.

If plaintiff was an independent contractor, defendants are not liable. Defendant lumber company was constructing a bed for a logging railway and plaintiff, together with three companions, going about the country taking such jobs for their mutual benefit, took the job of clearing and grading about 1,300 feet of the way at $13 per 100 lineal feet, and were…