Fisher v. Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co.

Plaintiffs Warren and Louise Fisher, father and mother, and Maime Fisher, sister of Buck Fisher, claim of defendant, Sherrill Hardwood Lumber Co., Inc., $4,680.00 as compensation for the death of Buck Fisher.

They allege that Buck Fisher, while in the employment of defendant felling trees by means of a cross-cut saw, was shot and killed by H. H. Graham, defendant’s foreman, in a dispute between them; that the killing was an accident within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The sum claimed is 65 per cent of the daily wages of the decedant for a period of 300 weeks.

Defendant admits…