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HICKS v. GUILFORD COUNTY

No. 703.

148 S.E.2d 240 (1966)

267 N.C. 364

Mrs. Maude B. HICKS, Plaintiff-Employee, v. GUILFORD COUNTY, Employer-Defendant, and Bituminous Casualty Corporation, Defendant-Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dupree, Weaver, Horton, Cockman & Alvis, Raleigh, for defendant appellants.

George W. Gordon, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellee.

LAKE, Justice.

A person who seeks to recover benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act must prove that he is a member of a class embraced in the Act. Richards v. Nationwide Homes, 263 N.C. 295, 139 S.E.2d 645. The Act applies only where the employer-employee relationship exists. Hayes v. Board of Trustees of Elon College, 224 N.C. 11, 29 S.E.2d 137. The question of whether this relationship existed...

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