Lucas v. Li'l General Stores

LAKE, Justice.

It is well settled that to be entitled to maintain a proceeding for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act the claimant must have been an employee of the alleged employer at the time of his injury, or, in case of a claim for death benefits, the deceased must have been such an employee when injured. Hicks v. Guilford County, 267 N.C. 364, 148 S.E. 2d 240; Askew v. Tire Co., 264 N.C. 168, 141 S.E. 2d 280; Richards v. Nationwide Homes, 263 N.C. 295, 139 S.E. 2d 645; Hayes v. Eton College, 224 N.C. 11, 29 S.E. 2d 137. Otherwise, the Act simply has no application to the…