SAXTON v. L.A. PENN & SONS, INC.

No. 47251.

284 So.2d 521 (1973)

George R. SAXTON v. L.A. PENN & SONS, INC. and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. Hogue, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellant.

Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Alben N. Hopkins, L. Kenneth Krogstad, Gulfport, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

George R. Saxton, claimant, was denied workmen's compensation benefits on the ground that he was not an employee of L.A. Penn & Sons, Inc. (Penn). Claimant then appealed to the Circuit Court of Yazoo County where the order of the Workmen's Compensation Commission denying benefits was affirmed. In this Court claimant contends that he was Penn's employee, solely because what he did for Penn was an integral part of Penn's business. Rejecting...

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