Heffner v. White

On Petition to Transfer.

Swaim, J.

The appellee, a carpenter, was injured while repairing a farm building on the appellant’s farm. The Appellate Court affirmed an award of the Industrial Board to the appellee.

The appellant has petitioned for a transfer of the cause to this court assigning as reasons therefor that the Appellate Court erroneously decided certain new questions of law.

The first question presented by the petition to transfer is that the appellee was a casual employee within the meaning of § 40-1701, Burns’ 1933 (1940 Replacement) , § 16449, Baldwin’s 1934, which defines “employee”…