Stith Coal Co. v. Alvis

As to who did or did not constitute an employee under the Employers’ Liability Act (Code 1907, § 3910) as construed by our former decisions may not now be a material factor as the present act defines both an employe); and employee. Sloss-Sheffield Co. v. Crim, 219 Ala. 148, 121 So. 408. It seems that under the present act the relationship exists when one employs another to perform a service for hire and to whom the employer directly pays wages or compensation. Ex parte W. T. Smith Lumber Co., 206 Ala. 485, 90 So. 807; Reed v. Ridout’s Ambulance, Inc., 212 Ala. 428, 102 So. 906. We think there…