Creswell v. Charlotte News Publishing Co.

Was the plaintiff an employee of the defendant within the purview of the Workmen’s Compensation Act ?

The act defines employee to mean “every person engaged in the employment under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written,” etc. The plaintiff was not on the payroll of the defendant and although he was assigned a specific territory and required to remain therein and actively engaged in an effort to sell newspapers, notwithstanding he conducted the sales according to bis own methods. Thus, be solicited sales from such persons as he desired.…