SIMMONS LUMBER COMPANY v. ZEILER

No. 5-5485.

463 S.W.2d 659 (1971)

SIMMONS LUMBER COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Anthony ZEILER, Guardian, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daily, West, Core & Coffman, Ft. Smith, for appellants.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a death claim filed under the workmen's compensation law by the widow and minor children of Opal Lee Zeiler, who was accidentally killed in the course of his employment on March 27, 1967. At the time of his death Zeiler was a sawyer cutting timber for his employer, Wendell Nelms, who in turn was a logger working under a contract with the appellant Simmons Lumber Company. The principal question for the commission was whether the...

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