Case Name: GIBSON OIL CO. et al. v. MANNAH et al.
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1937-06-15
Citations: 180 Okla. 451
Docket Number: No. 26311
Parties: GIBSON OIL CO. et al. v. MANNAH et al.
Judges: OSBORN, C. J., and WELCH, PI-IELPS, CORN, and HURST, JJ., concur. BAT-LESS, V. C. J., and GIBSON, J., dissent. BUSBY, J.. absent.
Reporter: Oklahoma Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 451–452

Head Matter:
GIBSON OIL CO. et al. v. MANNAH et al.
No. 26311.
June 15, 1937.
Rehearing Denied July 13, 1937.
Butler & Brown, for petitioners.
Mae Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Houston W. Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., and B. A. Hamilton, for respondents.

Opinion:
RILEY, J.
The opinion in the case of Pemberton Bakery Company v. State Industrial Commission and J. M. Blancett, this day decided, 180 Okla. 446, 70 P. (2d) 98, is adopted as the opinion in this cause.
In this case petitioners also contend that under the evidence respondent Mannah was not an employee of the Gibson Oil Company, but was an independent dealer.
What constitutes an employee and what constitutes an independent dealer are questions of law. But into which class a claimant falls is a question of fact for the State Industrial Commission.
The evidence on this point is in conflict. In such case the finding of the Industrial Commission, is conclusive and binding on ibis court.
OSBORN, C. J., and WELCH, PI-IELPS, CORN, and HURST, JJ., concur. BAT-LESS, V. C. J., and GIBSON, J., dissent. BUSBY, J.. absent.