Aycock v. . Cooper

The North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, by its express provisions, does not apply to casual employees, farm laborers, or Federal Government employees in North Carolina; nor does it apply “to any person, firm or private corporation that has regularly in service less than five employees in the same business within this State, unless such employees and their employer voluntarily elect, in the manner hereinafter specified, to be bound by the act.” N. C. Code of 1931, section 8081 (u), (b). Section 14, chapter 120, Public Laws of North Carolina, 1929. In the absence of an election by both…