Brown v. LA Penn & Son

227 So.2d 470 (1969)

Napoleon BROWN

v.

L.A. PENN & SON et al.

No. 45422.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 6, 1969.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1969.

James A. White, Durant, Bernard W.N. Chill, Jackson, for appellants.

Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Dan McCullen, Jackson, for appellees.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This is a workmen's compensation case, involving the employee-independent contractor distinction. The question is whether appellant, Napoleon Brown, was an employee of appellee, L.A. Penn & Son, or an independent contractor. The attorney referee held that Brown was not an…