Case Name: ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. LAWSON
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1938-11-02
Citations: 59 Ga. App. 265
Docket Number: 27011
Parties: ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. LAWSON.
Judges: MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 265–270

Head Matter:
27011.
ZURICH GENERAL ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. LAWSON.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
1. The motion to dismiss the writ of error, on the ground that the bill of exceptions fails to specify plainly the alleged errors complained of, is denied.
2. The controlling question in this case is whether the claimant, at the time of liis injury, was an employee of tlie Wofford Oil Company or an independent contractor. The evidence adduced on the hearing authorized the finding of the director and of the Industrial Board that the claimant was an independent contractor, and therefore was not entitled to compensation. It follows that the judge of the superior court erred in sustaining the claimant's appeal and in setting' aside the award of the Industrial Board.
Decided November 2, 1938.
Rehearing denied December 19, 1938.
E. E. Gctrier, B. G. Dickerson, F. M. Scarlett, for plaintiffs in error.
Franklin & Eberhardt, contra.
Judgment reversed.
MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.