Hatfield v. Billiter & Wiley

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas-—-

Reversing.

On and prior to September 1, 1922, William Hatfield was an employee of the road-contracting partnership of Billiter & Wiley, composed of the defendants S. M. Billiter and Rodman Wiley. The parties were operating under the provisions of our Workmen’s Compensation Act, and on the day mentioned the employee, Hatfield, sustained an injury which, arose out of and in the course of his employment and for which his employers, the defendants, allowed and paid him $9.75 per week for 8 weeks, hut at the time the agreement was entered into there was…