Barnes v. Myers

The principal question is whether upon evidence taken in this case the appellant might be found by a jury to have been an employee of Thomas A. Myers & Company, at the time of an injury sustained by him, and to have been entitled as such to compensation from the appellees under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code, art. 101, as amended. Barnes, the claimant to compensation, was an inspector of lumber, and while on a pile unloaded by stevedores, and inspecting it for Thomas A. Myers & Company, who are dealers in lumber, he was injured and temporarily disabled by a fall caused by a parting of…