Wagner Coal Coke Company v. Gray, Guardian

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

The Chappell Coal Company operated for a short time a coal mine and then sold it to the Phillips Coal Company, who later sold it to the Wagner Coal Company. After the last sale Dan Spurlock was killed in the mine on October 12, 1920. Claim for compensation was filed .by appellees before the Workmen’s Compensation Board on January 25, 1921. Proof was taken and the case was heard before the. board on April 11, 1921; an award was made in favor of appellees on January 21,1922. On that hearing the issue made, and on which the proof was taken, was…