Baldwin v. Scullion

Riner, Justice.

This case chiefly involves the proper construction of certain provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of this state, Chapter 124, W. R. S. 1931. The facts material to be considered are substantially these: H. Scullion, the defendant in error, on the 15th day of July, 1934, was an employee of the plaintiff in error, The Texas Company, and engaged in the work of assisting in the unloading of some heavy steel pipe, the pieces thereof each being about eighteen feet long, four inches in diameter and one-half inch thick, weighing approximately 350 pounds. The sections of pipe…