Barnhart v. State Compensation Commissioner

Haymond, Judge:

The controlling question arising upon this appeal calls for the proper application of the rule for the computation of time prescribed by Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 3, and involves the provisions of Chapter 23, Article 6, Section 7 (d), of the Code of West Virginia, which latter statute creates benefits for the dependent of an employee who dies from silicosis within one year from the date of his last exposure to silicon dioxide dust in harmful quantities. The facts are not disputed and the following occurrences are admitted by all parties to this controversy.

For several years…