De Bose v. Kelly

J. S. De Bose filed this suit against R. H. Kelly and J. H. Riggs seeking judgment for four hundred weeks compensation at the maximum rate. Judgment went by default against defendant, R. H. Kelly. Defendant Riggs admitted the injury of plaintiff as alleged, but set forth in his answer that plaintiff was an employee of R. H. Kelly, who was operating a sawmill, and that defendant Riggs had no connection with Kelly's business that would make him liable under the compensation act.

From a judgment rejecting his demands against Riggs, plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that Kelly…