DOCKERY v. THOMAS

No. 5-1065.

295 S.W.2d 319 (1956)

J. O. DOCKERY, Appellant, v. William Earl THOMAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Reed, Lonoke, for appellant.

Talley & Owen and Dale Price, Little Rock, for appellee.


MILLWEE, Associate Justice.

The question is whether appellee, William Earl Thomas, was engaged in an "employment" in "agricultural farm labor" at the time of his injury and, therefore, excluded from the benefits of the Workmen's Compensation Law. Sec. 2 (c) (1) of the Act, Ark.Stats. Sec. 81-1302 (c) (1) provides in part: "`Employment' means: (1) Every employment carried on in the State in which five [5] or more employees are regularly employed by the same employer...

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