Baker v. Iowa-Missouri Walnut Log Co.

CAVE, Presiding Judge.

This is a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. A hearing was held before a Referee of the Industrial Commission, who found that ‘‘Earl Baker was not an employee of the Iowa and Missouri Log Company” at the time of injury and denied compensation. Review by the Commission resulted in a finding, by a vote of 2 to 1, that Earl Baker was a statutory employee and entitled to compensation. The material part of the majority finding is: “We further find that the employee, Earl Baker, was an employee of Eldon Baker, an independent contractor, and at the time the aforesaid…