Roy Deaton Co. v. State Industrial Commission

This is an original proceeding in this court brought by Roy Deaton Company, as petitioner, to obtain a review of an award made by the State Industrial Commission in favor of the respondent Melvin L. Houck. In this opinion the parties will be referred to as petitioner and respondent.

It is conceded that one J. M. Powell was an independent contractor of the petitioner, and as such undertook to make certain repairs on a store building in the city of Tulsa, and that the said J. M. Powell employed the respondent to perform certain manual and mechanical work on said building, and that on March 13,…