J. E. Ross & Co. v. Collins

Ross & Co., a corporation, owned a coal mine known as No. 3, and in which W. E. Collins, while working in the line and scope oí his employment, received injuries for which the trial court has awarded compensation under our workmen’s compensation statute.

The defense is that Collins was an employee of McGough & Segars, partners, who were independent contractors with the owners, and therefore no compensation could be awarded in this suit against Ross & Co. because relationship of employer and employee did not exist. It appears there was a written agreement between Ross & Co. and McGough & Segars…