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SCOTT v. CITY OF HOBBS

No. 6895.

366 P.2d 854 (1961)

69 N.M. 330

James Freeman SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HOBBS, a Municipal Corporation, Employer, and Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewie B. Leach, Neal & Neal, Hobbs, for appellant.

Donald D. Hallam, Hobbs, for City of Hobbs.

Mack Easley, Robert F. Pyatt, Hobbs, for Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the unique question whether, as a prisoner, appellant is entitled to compensation benefits under the provisions of our Workmen's Compensation Act for injuries sustained by him while working for the City of Hobbs. Compensation was denied in the lower court, and he appeals.

The appellant was convicted in the municipal court of having committed an assault and of various traffic...

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