Legal Opinion
Burruss v. B. M. C. Logging Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 26, 1934No. 3928PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, Chief Justice.
E. C. Burruss was accidentally killed while driving a truck loaded with logs. His widow recovered judgment under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Comp. St. 1929, c. 156), from which the claimed employer and the insurer have appealed.
■ The defense was that the deceased was not a workman within the meaning of the act. The first point relied on for reversal is that the court erred in concluding upon the findings that the deceased was a “ * * * person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship, with an employer, except a person…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Press Publishing Co. v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
- Tuttle v. Embury-Martin Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Murray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Thompson v. TwissSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Andrejwski v. Wolverine Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Stambaugh v. HayesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
- Bowser v. State Industrial Accident CommissionOregon Supreme Court · 1947
- Fox v. DoakNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Bottijliso v. Hutchison Fruit Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
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