Huddleston v. Collins & Peace Coal Co.

STEWART, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case, and the sole question raised on this appeal is whether the employee, Claude Huddles-ton, sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment. The' Workmen’s Compensation Board, when Huddleston made claim before it for compensation benefits, dismissed his application. The circuit court on review affirmed, and this appeal followed.

The evidence is in conflict on the point in issue. Huddleston testified he was lifting a large piece of slate while working in the mine of his employer, Collins & Peace Coal Coinpany, on…