Income Life Ins. Co. v. Mitchell

Court.

This appeal from a compensation award raises three questions: (1) That the chancellor erred in hearing the case on oral testimony; (2) that the deceased employee was shot and killed while engaged in an attempt to commit a criminal assault beyond the scope of and not in the course of his employment; and (3) that he was not an employee, hut an independent contractor.

1. The Chancellor properly heard the case on oral testimony. Code, section 6885, prescribes the procedure under the Compensation Law. The petition may he brought in the county court and heard before the judge or chairman.…