Rigg v. Atlantic, Pacific & Gulf Oil Co.

This is a compensation case. The state compensation commissioner did not award compensation. The plaintiff appealed to the district court, where a judgment was entered in favor of defendant, from which plaintiff appeals to this court. The injury of the plaintiff in the course of his employment, the amount of the wages paid, and some degree of permanent disability as a result were admitted facts.

There were two primary issues presented to the trial court aside from the extent of the disability. One was that the plaintiff, Rigg, was not at the time of the injury an employee of the defendant,…