Riddle v. Smith

SIMPSON, Justice.

Review by certiorari of a judgment in a workman’s compensation suit wherein the court denied compensation to the plaintiff on the ground that he was not an employee of the defendant.

On the authority of such cases as Tuscaloosa Veneer Co. v. Martin, 233 Ala. 567, 172 So. 608; Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Crossley, 230 Ala. 403, 161 So. 536; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. George, 239 Ala. 80, 194 So. 183; De-Bardeleben Coal Corp. v. Richards et al., 251 Ala. 324, 37 So.2d 121, it is argued with some merit by able counsel for petitioner that the evidence was substantial to support…