Legal Opinion

Paramount Coal Co. v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 14, 1926No. 6 Div. 525PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN,. J.

This is a compensation case brought by the dependent widow of the deceased employee. The primary inquiry is whether the death of the employee resulted from the injury admittedly received, or from disease apart from the injury.

In Ex parte Paramount Coal Co., 213 Ala. 281, 104 So. 753, wherein Tom Williams, the employee, and husband of the present plaintiff, was suing for compensation for his disability, this court reannounced the rule on certiorari to this court, that if there is any legal evidence to support the findings of fact ■by the trial court, such finding is conclusive.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Williams v. Paramount Coal Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1925

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Alabama Textile Products Corporation v. GranthamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  2. Bryant v. Central Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  3. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  4. Phelps v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1970
  5. Woodward Iron Co. v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928

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