Legal Opinion
State Industrial Accident Commission v. Downton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 10, 1919PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Henubrson, J.).
1Opinion of the CourtStockbridge, J.
Thornton Downton was a coal miner, employed by tbe 'Cumberland Big Vein Coal Co., which company had insured its employees under the Workmen’s Compensation Act in the Industrial Accident Fund.
On the 20th December, 1918, Thornton Downton was injured between the tipple and the mouth of the mine, and died from his injuries on the same day.
He had been married a number of years before tbe accident, but his wife had secured a divorce from him, and was not living with him when the accident occurred. As the result of the marriage there were two children, William Oliver Downton, ten years of age, and…
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