Cove Fork Coal Co. v. Newcomb

MOREMEN, Judge.

On this appeal of a workmen’s compensation case we are presented with the question of whether the Pike Circuit Court and the Workmen’s Compensation Board erred in finding that appellee, Jay Newcomb, was an employee of the Cove Fork Coal Company.

Newcomb worked for appellant from August 4, 1954 to November 15, 1958 with the exception that for a period from January to September 1958 he worked for the Blue Diamond Coal Company. During the period of his employment with appellant company he became mine foreman and served in that capacity until the fall of 1957 when he and Sam…