Horst v. Southern Idaho Oil Co.

This cause is here on appeal from an order of the district court of the seventh judicial district affirming an order of the Industrial Accident Board finding claimant was not entitled to compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and dismissing the claim.

The proposition to be resolved is whether at the time of the injury claimant was a workman within the meaning of that term as used and defined by the statute (C. S., sees. 6217, 6321), or an independent contractor, not an employee, of the Southern Idaho Oil Company as found by the Industrial Accident Board and district court. The…