Withers v. Black

This is a proceeding under the North Carolina Workmen's Compensation Act.

The matters stated in this paragraph are not in dispute. In September, 1947, J. M. Black, as principal contractor, was engaged in constructing a dwelling in Thomasville, North Carolina. He sublet the contract for plastering the ceilings and walls to the claimant's immediate employer, Arthur Reid, who kept five or more employees regularly employed in his business as a plastering contractor and who had not exempted himself from the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, without requiring from Reid or obtaining from…