Foughty v. Ott
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Order of State Compensation' Commissioner. Proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Mrs. Mont Foughty to obtain compensation for the death of her husband, Mont Foughty, while employed by the Southern Torpedo Company. Compensation was denied by Lee Ott, Compensation Commissioner, and the petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
Claimant is the widow of Mont Foughty, an oil well shooter, employee of the Southern Torpedo Company, a corporation engaged in the business of “manufacturing nitroglycerine and shooting oil and gas wells”, with factory and principal place of business in this state. Prior to the death of Foughty said company had applied for and was .duly qualified under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, of this state, covering its said business.
The record shows that Foughty resided in Lincoln County, this state, and was employed by, and had been in the service of said company, in shooting oil wells…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gooding v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
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