Yasbec v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

*828The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This litigation had its inception in proceedings to obtain compensation for the death of a workman who sustained fatal injuries in a Crawford county coal mine nearly six years ago. Eventually it developed into an action of garnishment to collect on an oral contract of industrial accident insurance to satisfy an award ■of compensation in behalf of the deceased workman’s dependents.

In the year 1925 one Enrico Chiocci and two partners operated a coal mine near Mulberry in Crawford county. The business name of the partnership was the Umbria Coal…