Leckie Collieries Co. v. Branham

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammaok

Affirming.

Appellee Branham was injured in October, 1935, in a slate fall while operating a coal cutting machine at appellant’s mine. His third lumbar vertebra was fractured, and he suffered injuries about his hips. Both parties were operating under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Kentucky Statutes, section 4880 et seq., at the time of the accident. Branham received medical treatment and was paid maximum compensation for about a year. When the mine superintendent asked Branham to ,go to work on the tipple picking bone, Branham would not do…