Gassaway v. . Gassaway Owen, Inc.

The Workmen’s Compensation Act was designed and intended for the relief of injured workmen and employees earning a “weekly wage” and not for salaried executives. “The title and theory of the Act import the idea of compensation for workmen and their dependents.” Hodges v. Mortgage Co., 201 N. C., 701, 161 S. E., 220; Roberts v. Coal Co., 210 N. C., 17, 185 S. E., 438. Executive officers of a corporation are not, as such., its employees in the ordinary sense of the word and as it is used in this act.” Hodges v. Mortgage Co., supra. “When the president of a corporation acts only as such,…