Demastes v. State Compensation Commissioner

Lively, Judge :

Tbe compensation commissioner rejected tbe claim of petitioner, Stella B. Demastes, for compensation claimed by reason of tbe death of petitioner’s bnsband, an employee of Croft Lumber Company, on tbe ground that tbe employee’s death was not caused by an injury received in tbe course of and resulting from bis employment. Tbe reason assigned for rejection of tbe claim is the pivotal issue upon review.

Demastes was employed as “buck swamper”, whose duty it was to mark timber and brush in a wooded area to be cut later for tbe formation of a road. He worked alone. About ten o’clock…