Department of Conservation v. Sowders

STEWART, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court dismissing, as not having been filed in time, an appeal from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board granting to the widow and infant children of Luther E. Sowders, deceased, compensation, benefits as prescribed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act KRS Chapter 342. We shall hereinafter refer to appellant as “Commonwealth”.

On June 23, 1948, Luther E. Sowders, an employee in the Division of Forestry of the-Department of Conservation of the Commonwealth oí Kentucky, sustained injuries, from an automobile accident…