Sigmon Ikerd Co. v. Napier

SIMS, Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether Sam Napier was an employee of the Sig-mon Ikerd Company, or an independent contractor, on August 25, 1954.

Napier urges that he was an employee of the defendant company on the occasion when he was injured, and consequently entitled to compensation benefits since the company was operating under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. KRS, Chapter 342. The company contends that Napier was an independent contractor, and therefore, not entitled to the benefits sought.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board decided that Napier was an independent…