BOWATERS SOUTHERN PAPER CORPORATION v. BROWN

No. 13332.

253 F.2d 631 (1958)

BOWATERS SOUTHERN PAPER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, v. Doyle E. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 4, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hunt, Chattanooga, Tenn., Hunt & Thompson, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

Landon H. Gammon, Chattanooga, Tenn., Goins & Gammon, Ward Crutchfield, Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief, for appellee.

Before McALLISTER and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge.


McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether appellee was the employee of appellant, Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation, or the employee of an independent contractor when he suffered certain injuries, for which he brought an action for negligence against appellant. Appellant company claims that he was its employee, and that he is, therefore, limited to his remedies under the Workmen's Compensation Act of Tennessee, T.C.A. § 50-901 et seq., where...

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