Evans v. Board of Education of Hays

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

These two actions were workmens compensation cases. The separate claims of James and Wando Evans were consolidated for hearing before the commissioner of workmens compensation, who denied the claims on the ground claimants were independent contractors. On appeal to the district court, the trial judge held claimants were not independent contractors and found the relationship of employer and employee to exist at the time of the accidental injuries to James and Wando Evans; that claimants’ injuries arose out of and in the course of their…