Stillman v. Jim Walter Corporation

ROBINSON, Justice.

On August 13, 1959, appellant, Roy Still-man, and appellee, Jim Walter Corporation, entered into a written contract, Jim Walter Corporation being designated as “contractor” and appellant, Roy Stillman, designated as “sub-contractor”, whereby the Jim Walter Corporation engaged Stillman to build houses for a specified consideration, the amount of the consideration depending on the type of house constructed. Stillman was to furnish only the labor.

Item 5 of the contract provides: “SubContractor shall furnish Contractor a Certificate of Workmen’s Compensation coverage on…