Jones v. Cole

[1] The State Industrial Court found and held on conflicting evidence that the relationship of employer and employee did not exist at the time of claimant's accident and denied claimant's claim for compensation. Claimant, Lester Lee Jones, petitions this court for review urging that the trial court erred in permitting Respondent, Cole, doing business as Cole's Upholstery, to file his answer out of time on the day of trial contrary to the provisions of 85 O.S.Supp. 1967, Chapter 4, Rule 10, and erred in holding that claimant was not an employee of respondent at the time of the accident.

[2] The…