Buckles v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Ratliff

Affirming.

The appellant, Ephie Buckles, has prosecuted this appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson circuit court affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board denying appellant compensation for an injury received while in the employment of appellee.

The questions to be determined in this appeal are, (a) did appellant notify appellee of his injury “as soon as practicable after the happening thereof * * *” as provided in Section 4914 of the Kentucky Statutes, and (b) whether delay in giving notice was a defensive plea and should have been…