Eberlein v. Industrial Commission

The question in this case is whether Eberlein & Eberlein, the employers, and Willard Tetting, the injured employee, were subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Fred A. Eberlein and M. G. Eberlein own and operate a number of farms, one of which is called the Wildwood farm. This farm contains three hundred acres, and most of the acreage is devoted to general farming operations. The partnership, however, devote a small portion of the farm to the raising of foxes and another small portion of the farm to the raising of ginseng, a root considered by the Chinese to have…