Gibson v. Industrial Commission

PRATT, District Judge!

The only question in this case is: Was Wheatley H. Gibson, the deceased husband of the applicant Sarah J. Gibson and the father of the other applicants in the case, an employee of the Campion Company, a partnership, at the time he met his death under his truck while hauling gravel for said partnership ? The Industrial Commission held that said deceased was not an employee at said time, but was an independent contractor, and denied applicants’ claim for an award. The facts of the case, as we get them from the testimony taken before the commission, are these:

Wheatley H.…