Gillum v. Industrial Commission

The correctness of the judgment below depends upon whether appellee’s decedent, Andrew Gillum, was in the service of J. O. Wamsley or was an independent contractor.

The usual test applied to determine whether such an arrangement as we iiave here under consideration creates the relationship of servant-or of independent contractor is that if the employer reserves the right to control the manner or means of doing the work, the relationship is that of master and servant," while if the manner or means is left to the operative who is responsible to the employer for the result only, an independent…