Jewell Collieries Corp. v. Kenda

Matt Kenda, one of defendants in error, aged sixty-two years, to whom we hereinafter refer as claimant, was employed as a coal miner for approximately fourteen years by the Jewell Collieries Corporation, one of plaintiffs in error, hereinafter designated as employer. October 24, 1940, claimant, while digging coal in a mine of his employer, accidently injured his right eye, resulting in its enucleation. Claimant maintained that prior to this injury he had lost the vision of his left eye, and hence was entitled to the compensation provided for under section 355, chapter 97, ’35 C.S.A., the…