Clementine v. Ritchie

The plaintiff, a negro carpenter, was injured in the course of his employment while working for a contractor by the name of Willis. Willis, at the time of plaintiff’s injury was engaged in the execution of written contract with the defendant, Ritchie, under which Willis undertook to do all the carpenter work on a certain building which Ritchie was erecting on land belonging to him.

Ritchie was engaged in the business of building and selling houses, and this suit is brought against him under the provisions of Section 6 of Act 20 of 1914 (as amended), known as the Workman’s Compensation Act,…