153 Fla. 828 15 So.2d 907

R. W. UNDERWOOD v. OTIS BEASLEY and FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

15 So. (2nd) 907

June Term, 1943

December 8, 1943

Division A

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1944

S. Whitehurst’s Sons, for appellant.

Wm. 0. McLean, for appellees.

PER CURIAM:

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case in which Beasley, the compensation claimant, seeks recovery for personal injury from appellant, R. W. Underwood. The material facts are not in dispute. It is admitted that Beasley was an employee of DeWitt Seay who was under contract with Underwood. The case turns on the question of whether or not Seay was an independent contractor or a sub-contractor of Underwood’s.

We have examined the record and we think Seay was an independent contractor. It follows that the case is controlled *829by Gentile Bros. Co., v. Florida Industrial Commission, et al. 151 Fla. 857, 10 So. (2nd) 568, on authority of which the judgment must be and is hereby reversed.

Reversed.

BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

Underwood v. Beasley
153 Fla. 828 15 So.2d 907

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Underwood v. Beasley
Decision Date
Dec 8, 1943
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153 Fla. 828

15 So.2d 907

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