McIntosh v. John P. Gorman Coal Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

The John P. Gorman Coal Company, a corporation, ■on November 16, 1926, was engaged in Perry county, Ky., in mining coal. Clay McIntosh was in its employ. They had accepted the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Ky. Stats. sec. 4880 et seq.).

"While loading coal he was accidentally killed by the falling of slate. His average weekly wage was $25. His death arose out of and in the course of his employment. He left surviving him a widow, Sybil McIntosh, and his mother, America McIntosh, who was the mother of three children under the age of 16. By the…