Holland v. Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co.

Fishburne, Justice.

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Two questions are presented for determination by this court: (1) Was the decedent, J. B. Holland, at the time of his death, an employee of Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company? (2) Was sufficient evidence adduced from which the reasonable inference could legitimately be drawn, that the decedent’s death resulted from an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment ?

The hearing commissioner found that J. B. Holland was, with respect to the alleged work in which he was engaged at the time of his fatal injury,…