Mullins & Parker v. Rucker

John E. Rucker, on June 17, 1954, while cutting pulpwood on the land of J. W. Sullivan in Franklin County for delivery to Mullins and Parker, partnership pulpwood dealers at Natchez, Mississippi, was struck by a falling tree with the result that both of his legs were badly broken. The injured man was sent immediately to a hospital; and the next day, Mullins and Parker made out and sent to both its insurer, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, and the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, the employer’s first report of industrial injury, in which they designated themselves as employer and…