Buckland v. State Compensation Commissioner

Kenna, Judge:

W. H. Buckland was employed at the picking table on the No. 3 tipple of Pond Creek Pocahontas Company at Bartley, West Virginia. He was killed on the night of August 19, 1932, on State Route No. 83 by being struck by the eastbound Dry Fork bus, while returning to his home from his work. His dependent widow applied for compensation which was refused by the commissoner on the ground that the injury that resulted in the death of claimant’s decedent was not received in the course of and resulting from his employment. The finding was protested, a hearing held, the original decision of…