E. L. Bruce Co. v. Hampton

This is a death claim under the Mississippi Workmen’s Compensation Act, and involves the question of whether appellant E. L. Bruce Company was the employer of the deceased, John Henry Hampton. We think that there was no employer-employee relationship, so the case is reversed and judgment rendered for appellants.

A brief statement of the ultimate facts follows. Hampton was hired by Willie Adcock and was killed on January 4, 1952, in an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment. He was working at Adcock’s sawmill, and was caught in the machinery and killed while attempting…