Peabody Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

The circuit court of Christian county set aside the award of the Industrial Board awarding compensation to plaintiff in error, administrator of the estate of Valentino Borio. It was urged before the Industrial Board on review and before the circuit court that the Industrial Board had no power to issue a dedimus po testatum to take depositions in a foreign country under the Workmen’s Compensation act as the same was in force at the time of the hearing before the arbitrator, on June 22, 1916, and that therefore there was no competent evidence before the board on the question of the dependents…