CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. WOLFORD

No. 1040.

515 S.W.2d 364 (1974)

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Pat WOLFORD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox D. Nunnally, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, for appellant.

Robert C. Barnett, Kenneth L. Smith, Houston, for appellee.


TUNKS, Chief Justice.

The principal issue in this workmen's compensation case is whether the appellee, Pat Wolford, was an employee or an independent contractor of Tiffany Homes, Inc. at the time he sustained his alleged disability.

Appellee Wolford was a brickmason who entered into an oral contract with Tiffany Homes, Inc. to lay the bricks at one town-house site. It was understood between the parties that Wolford would furnish his own helper, as well as...

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