Moore v. Hines

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which there was a judgment for the petitioner, and the defendant has appealed in error.

Petitioner Hines was injured August 26, 1930, working as a carpenter, remodeling a house in Nashville. He had been in the employ of defendant Moore previous to the accident. Moore denies that Hines was in his (Moore’s) employ on this particular job. Whatever the fact as to this, defendant Moore, a general contractor, reported the accident to his insurance carrier.

The insurer’s agent or adjuster investigated the accident and reported same in Moore’s name to the State…