Panther Coal Co. v. State Industrial Commission

ARNOLD, V. C. J.

Matt Krisher, operating individually under the company name of Panther Coal Company, secured a mining lease on segregated coal lands from the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian tribes. He prepared a portion of the ground for mining operations and operated a mine and produced coal therefrom. Because of difficulty in getting employees, his sons who had theretofore worked for him being in the Army, he quit operating the mine. By oral agreement he turned the operation of the mine over to a group of men, including claimant, on a compensation basis of 50c per ton.

Krisher received the sale…