Parker v. Travelers Insurance

The Court of Appeals certified certain questions for decision by the Supreme Court.

Question 1: “Is a policeman of a municipality an employee of‘the municipal corporation, within the meaning of section 2(b) of the workmen’s compensation act (Acts 1920, p. 167) P See, in *526this connection, City of Macon v. Whittington, 171 Ga. 643; Marlow v. Mayor &c. of Savannah, 28 Ga. App. 368.” By the -language of the statute, employees as therein defined must be such .under “contract of hire or apprenticeship.” (Ga. Laws 1920, p. 167, see. 2(b). A policeman is not such an- employee, but is a public officer…