Crummies Creek Coal Co. v. Taylor

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilpord

Affirming.

The question for decision presented by this appeal is whether the employment by a litigant of an assistant attorney general of the Commonwealth to represent him in the prosecution of a claim for compensation before the Workmen’s Compensation Board, after his claim has been denied by a referee of that Board, constitutes fraud within the meaning of Section 4935, Kentucky Statutes, which authorizes the courts to set aside awards of compensation procured by fraud. The facts are as follows:

On March 22, 1937, the appellee, Taylor, filed with the Board…