Louis A. Gily & Sons v. Dependents of Shankle

In this workmen’s compensation case, the question is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Commission was warranted in finding that the deceased worker was an employee, rather than a servant of an independent contractor.

Louis A. Gily & Sons, Inc. (called Gily) entered into a contract with the • State Building Commission to do general contract work on a women’s dormitory at the University of Mississippi. Gily agreed to furnish all the materials according to plans and specifications, and to make a dirt fill, in order to erect the building.

Several days before the fatal accident, Gily entered into a…