Johnstown Coal & Coke Co. v. Dishong

This is a claim for Workmen’s compensation for permanent total disability resulting from silicosis arising out of and in the course of employment. The claim was filed by Charles L. Dishong, a coal miner, against Davis Coal and Coke Company, of Tucker, West Virginia, and Johns-town Coal and Coke Company, of Vindex, Maryland.

Claimant started to work for Davis in 1917 at the age of sixteen. During the next 28 years he was employed most of the time in the Davis mines, first in West Virginia and afterwards at Kempton, Garrett County, as coal loader, later as motor brakeman, and finally as…