Odom v. Sanford & Treadway

This suit was instituted under the Workmen’s Compensation Statute.

The Chancellor found that petitioner, Odom, was not an employee of Sanford & Treadway, and dismissed the suit as to them. Mann Hughes was also made a defendant, and the suit was likewise dismissed as to him.

Sanford & Treadway, a partnership, owned a large boundary of timber in Carter County. On January 29, 1924, they entered into a written contract with Birchfield & Garland for the cutting and hauling of said timber. Subsequently, Birchfield & Garland sublet a part of said work to the defendant, Mann Hughes, and petitioner was…