Helton v. Tall Timber Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; F. E. Jones, Judge. Suit under the Workmen’s Compensation. Act by Mrs. Fannie Helton against the Tall Timber Lumber Company of Louisiana, Incorporated. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
[1] Though plaintiff’s husband’s contract was with an independent contractor who had charge of this clearing, the defendant company is liable (under section 6 of said act), if plaintiff’s husband was an employe, and not, as contended by defendant, an independent contractor.
[2] The work consisted in felling the trees and sawing them into logs. Sometimes only two men were on the work, and sometimes as many as fifteen; all independently of each other. They were paid at the rate of so much per thousand feet of the lumber contents of the logs. Their agreements were not for any fixed time, nor for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robideaux v. HebertSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Young v. Fosburg Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Moffet v. KochSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Clark v. Tall Timber Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
3Cited by28 opinions
- Dick v. Gravel Logging Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Burt v. Davis-Wood Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- O'BRIEN v. Traders and General Insurance CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Bell v. Albert Hanson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Seabury v. Arkansas Natural Gas CorporationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
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