Reeves v. Muskogee Cotton Oil Co.

This is an original proceeding in this court brought by O. B. Reeves, hereafter referred to as petitioner, to obtain a review of an order made by the State Industrial Commission which denied, for jurisdictional reasons, a claim for compensation against Muskogee Cotton Oil Company, hereafter referred to as respondent, and its insurance carrier.

The petitioner was the owner and operator of a cotton gin, which was mortgaged to the respondent. On October 7, 1937, while making some repairs on machinery in said gin, the petitioner sustained an accidental personal injury which confined him to the…