R. D. Ramey v. Gross

MERRILL, Justice.

Plaintiff Ramey sued Bill Gross, Bill Gross d/b/a Gross Coal Company, Bill Gross d/b/a Short Creek Mining Company, under the Workmen’s Compensation Laws, Code 1940, Tit. 26, § 253 et seq., claiming compensation for disabilities alleged to have resulted from a disease of pneumonoconiosis which he claims he contracted while in the employ of defendant. The trial court rendered a judgment in favor of defendant and, on plaintiff’s petition, certiorari was granted to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County.

One of the defendant’s defenses was that plaintiff…