Dependents of Thompson v. . Funeral Home

Proceeding under Workmen's Compensation Act to determine liability of defendants to dependents or next of kin of J. Fred Thompson, deceased employee.

The hearing commissioner found as a fact, which was later adopted and approved by the full Commission, that "the parties to this cause are bound by the provisions of the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Law, and the Sun Indemnity Company is the insurance carrier."

On appeal to the Superior Court, the defendants for the first time challenged the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to hear and consider the matter on the ground that the…