Reay v. Elmira Coal Co.

This is ,an action under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Claimant, John Reay, was injured on February 22, 1927, while in the employ of the defendant. He sustained accidental injuries by reason of a large rock falling from defendant’s mine roof and striking him across the head, shoulders and back, resulting in the fracture of his spinal column. On December 10, 1929, the commission made a final award to the effect that claimant received an injury to his back on February 22, 1927, while in the employ of defendant; that said injury afrose out of and in the course of the claimant’s employment;…