Galer v. WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER CO.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Earl F. G-aler, from a judgment which the circuit court entered in favor of the defendants, five in number, after the jury had returned its verdict in favor of four of the defendants and a directed verdict in favor of the fifth, Otto G-. Benefiel. The defendants are (1) Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., (2) R. S. Bonn and J. H. Beaver, and (3) Herbert E. Hunter and Otto Gr. Benefiel. The defendant Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., to whom we will refer as Weyerhaeuser, was the plaintiff’s employer. The defendants Bonn and Beaver constitute a partnership which engaged in the…