Taylor v. Beasley

Lawrence Taylor, on January 16, 1956, sustained a broken leg while he and his employer, Burtell Steen, were delivering logs to the millsite of Bascomb Beasley. For his disability, he sought an award of compensation from Beasley. His claim however was successively denied by the attorney-referee, the full commission, and the circuit court; and he has appealed here.

A detailed statement of the evidence is wholly unnecessary. It is sufficient to say that it was overwhelming to the effect that Taylor was Steen’s and not Beasley’s employee, and that the relationship between Steen and Beasley was…