Bartlett v. Darrah

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

The respondent, Darrah, is a farmer and cattle grower. He operates a farm near Gifford, consisting of 800 acres of cultivated land and 200 acres of rough and hilly timber and pasture land. This 200 acres had been cut over some years ago and does not now have a good stand of merchantable timber. Three times during the past six years, including the occasion in 1954 when claimant was injured, the respondent had cut a few trees on this land, hauled them to a nearby custom mill, where they were sawed into lumber, and the lumber and waste were returned to the farm for use…