Gober v. Sanders

SADLER, Justice.

The plaintiff below as an appellant in this Court seeks reversal of a judgment of the district court of Roosevelt County denying him workmen’s compensation for an injury said to have been suffered while engaged at work as an employee of defendant in carrying on blasting operations. Sanders, the alleged employer, was insured by Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company. O. L. Quarles was in charge of drilling holes for the blasting. He was held to be an independent contractor by the trial court and, not being subject to Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1953 Comp. § 59-10-1 et seq.,…