Long v. Watts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action is based on a demand for compensation under the workmen’s compensation law, and the questions presented on this appeal arise on a ruling sustaining the demurrer to plaintiff’s petition. The petition states that both employee, James G. Long, and employer, J. B. Watts, were operating under and subject to the provisions of the workmen’s compensation law; that J. B. Watts, doing business under the trade name of J. B. Watts Construction Company, was engaged in the business of paving streets, and at the time of the injury to…