Elford v. State Industrial Accident Commission

Edward A. Elford was employed as a farm hand by Olive V. Hawke on a farm in Yam-hill county. She was operating her farm under, and contributing to, the Workmen’s Compensation Law, as was Edward A. Elford. She raised grain and vegetables and a considerable quantity of nuts. On October 4, 1930, Mr. Elford was engaged in hauling sacked filberts from the Hawke farm to Trenk’s warehouse at Dundee, Oregon, a few miles distant. The sacks weighed between 65 and 70 pounds each and were loaded by hand on to a trailer attached to an automobile and were unloaded from the trailer to the plat-' form at the…