Town of Wellston v. State Industrial Court

The decisive question presented here for our determination is whether the Town of Wellston, an -uninsured employer, came within the purview, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Employer contends on the day of decedent’s fatal injury he was the only- workman in its employ who was engaged in hazardous employment and seeks *291to set aside the trial tribunal’s award to the widow and a dependent child.

The question so posed is governed by the provisions of 85 O.S.1961 § 11, which so far as pertinent here are:

“ * * * the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any employer if he shall employ less than…