Phillips v. Tennessee Eastman Corp.

Ms. Justice Chambliss

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole.question in this compensation case is whether the deceased, for whose death compensation is sought, was a servant, or an independent contractor. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding, as set forth in his judgment, “that the deceased, Caney Phillips, was not an employee of the defendant, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, hut was an independent contractor cutting wood for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation, under a written contract; that said contract did not create the relation of master and servant or employer and employee…