Higgins v. Williams Pocahontas Coal Co.

Hatcher, President:

This is an action for libel. The lower court sustained the demurrer of the defendant Williams Pocahontas Coal Co. to the declaration, overruled that of the defendant H. E. Ewing, and certified the case here for guidance.

The material allegations of the declaration are that the plaintiff made claim to the Workman’s Compensation Commissioner of West Virginia for compensation for injury to an eye, sustained while working in the mines of the defendant company in the year 1924; that after proof was submitted and a careful investigation made, an award of $16.00 a week for one…