State Ins. Fund v. Industrial Commission of Utah

PRATT, Chief Justice.

The issue joined in this industrial accident case is as to whether or not the employer’s insurance carrier was the State Insurance Fund.

The facts are these: J. M. Stock conducted a business he called the “Merchants Police.” He discontinued that business as an individual on June 30, 1947, and thereafter it was conducted under the same name, but by a corporation he had organized as of July 1, 1947. This corporation was named the Intermountain Service Bureau, Inc., of which he, Mr. Stock was president.

While conducting the business as an individual, he was covered by Workmens…