Boyd v. Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*437Ethridge, J.
The question in this case is whether there was substantial evidence and reasonable inferences therefrom to support the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission that J. E. Durham, and thus Louis Fred Boyd, the appellant, was an employee of Crosby Lumber & Manufacturing Company (called Crosby), and not an independent contractor. We think there was. Reversing its attorney referee, the commission held Boyd was working under Durham for Crosby, and was therefore an employee of Crosby. It remanded the claim to its attorney referee to determine the amount of compensation due…
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