MOSLEY v. Jones

This suit for negligence involves primarily the determination of whether the principal contractors, appellants, were the statutory employers of plaintiff, so as to render them liable to him only under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. We think appellant’s liability is exclusively under that statute.

Appellee A. C. Jones brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Second Judicial District, against appellants Earl Mosley and H. M. Bowers, doing business as B. & M. Construction Company, and E. L. (Sol) Coleman, defendants below. The declaration charged that Coleman was a carpenter and…