Burlington Chicago Cartage, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Knox County, reversing the Industrial Commission’s award of compensation to appellant, Terry Hopping. The sole question before this court on appeal is whether appellant was an employee of Burlington Chicago Cartage, Inc., at the time he suffered the injury for which he seeks compensation.

There is no conflict in the testimony. Appellant was a fourteen-year old boy whose father worked as a truck driver for the Burlington Chicago Cartage, Inc. Sometime prior to May 21, 1963, the manager of the cartage company’s Galesburg office mentioned…