Case Name: R. W. UNDERWOOD v. OTIS BEASLEY and FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1943-12-08
Citations: 153 Fla. 828
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. W. UNDERWOOD v. OTIS BEASLEY and FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Judges: BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and ADAMS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 828–829

Head Matter:
R. W. UNDERWOOD v. OTIS BEASLEY and FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
15 So. (2nd) 907
June Term, 1943
December 8, 1943
Division A
Rehearing Denied January 4, 1944
S. Whitehurst’s Sons, for appellant.
Wm. 0. McLean, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is a Workmen's Compensation case in which Beasley, the compensation claimant, seeks recovery for personal injury from appellant, R. W. Underwood. The material facts are not in dispute. It is admitted that Beasley was an employee of DeWitt Seay who was under contract with Underwood. The case turns on the question of whether or not Seay was an independent contractor or a sub-contractor of Underwood's.
We have examined the record and we think Seay was an independent contractor. It follows that the case is controlled by Gentile Bros. Co., v. Florida Industrial Commission, et al. 151 Fla. 857, 10 So. (2nd) 568, on authority of which the judgment must be and is hereby reversed.
Reversed.
BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and ADAMS, JJ., concur.