Fountain v. Hartsville Oil Mill

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.

This case has given the Court more than the ordinary concern due in a large measure to our sympathy for the respondent. It comes to us with an affirmance by the learned special Circuit Judge of the award of the Industrial Commission, and involves issues as to the controlling law applicable to the factual situation.

On the afternoon of October 17, 1942, the respondent and his son were employed as laborers by the Superintendent of the respondent Oil Mill, the employment to commence on Monday morning, October 19, and they were instructed to report for…