United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Watts

H. D. Watts, clerk (or ex officio clerk) of the county commissioners of Sumter county, received an injury for which he sought compensation under the workmen’s compensation act. From an award in his favor by the industrial commission the alleged employer and the insurance carrier appealed to the superior court, by which court the award was affirmed, and the appellants excepted. The principal question for determination is whether the claimant was an employee of the county at the time of his injury. His insists that he ivas. The county and the insurance carrier contend on the other hand that he…