Woodford Oil & Gas Co. v. Creech

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

The appellee, plaintiff below, Fess Creecb, was an employee of the appellant, .defendant below, Woodford Oil & Gas Company, operating an oil and gas lease in Lee county, Ky.

On March 5, 1925, while working for the appellant company, the plaintiff fell some 23 feet from a mast pole, injuring his shoulder and chest and the muscles of his neck. Both parties had accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Ky. Stats, sec. 4880 et seq.). and, recognizing the injury as a compensable one, they entered into an agreement for the payment of $15 a…