Conda Coal Co. v. Caldwell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

On January 12, 1931, the appellee and plaintiff below, Elbert Caldwell, was an employee of the appellant Conda Coal Company, and on that day he sustained an injury compensable under our Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ky. Stats. 1930, sec. 4880 et seq.). The parties accepted and were working under it, and on February 5, following his injuries, plaintiff made formal application to the Compensation Board for an award adjusting the-compensation to which he was enittled under the facts. After a hearing the board, on September 15, 1931, awarded plaintiff…