Industrial Commission v. McWhorter

The provisions of Section 1465-61, General Code, which specify the persons to whom state industrial insurance shall apply, are very broad:

“The term ‘employee’, ‘workman’ and ‘operative’ as used in this act, shall be construed to mean:

“(1) Every person in the service of the state, or of any county, city, township, incorporated village or school district therein, including regular members of lawfully constituted police and fire departments of cities and villages, under any appointment or contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, except any official of the state, or of any county,…