Aylor v. Barnes

Appellants, by their assignments of error presented on this appeal, challenge the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Industrial Commission in the premises on the grounds, among others, that at the time of his death, the employee, Odell Aylor, was not a resident of this State within the meaning of the statute G.S. 97-36.

In this connection, this Court, in interpreting and applying the provisions of G.S. 97-36 in the case of Reaves v. Mill Co., 216 N.C. 462, 5 S.E. 2d 305, opinion by Seawell, J., declared that “in so far as it depends upon the statute alone, the jurisdiction of the Industrial…