Hysteam Coal Corporation v. Ingram

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Reversing.

On May 22, 1934, the appellee, W. J. Ingram, was severely injured by an explosion of powder while employed in appellant’s mine. Both parties had accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and although application for compensation was executed by appellee on December 14, 1934, for some unexplained reason it was not filed with the Workmen’s Compensation Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, until May 18, 1935. A hearing was set at Inez, Kentucky, for July 13, 1935, and upon failure of appellee or his attorney to appear,…