Black Diamond Collieries v. Deal

Deal, the petitioner, was awarded compensation for injuries sustained April 22, 1922, while at work for the Black Diamond Collieries, the defendant. The defend*476ant excepted to the award, and appealed, assigning as error: (1) That petitioner is precluded from claiming compensation by his sworn statements in a former judicial proceeding involving a claim for a like disability; (2) that the evidence does not sustain the judgment of the court and preponderates against the conclusion that petitioner sustained a partial permanent disability on April'22, 1922; (3) that the court erroneously observed…