Sun Cab Co. v. Powell

This is a workmen’s compensation case, in which the controversy is whether Melvin T. Powell, an automobile tire repairman, was an employee of Sun Cab Company, of Baltimore, or of Seiberling Rubber Company,'' of Akron, Ohio, when he sustained an accidental injury .’in the course of his employment. ".

Under an oral contract, Seiberling agreed to furnish the tires for all of the taxicabs operated by Sun Cab, provided that several men would handle the tire service on Sun Cab’s premises. Applicants for employment were to be interviewed by Seiberling’s territorial agent and by Sun Cab’s personnel…