Hunter v. . Peirson

Claims for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act for the death of Caesar Hunter and Major Hunter were allowed by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and on defendant’s appeal therefrom the court below affirmed the award.

The defendant now presents to this Court for review the question whether there was sufficient evidence to support the finding by the Industrial Commission of the jurisdictional fact that at the time of the happening complained of the defendant had as many as five persons regularly employed in the same business, so as to bring these claims within the…