Wilson Berger Coal Company v. Brown

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Affirming.

George Brown, an employee of the Wilson Berger Coal Company, who was ruptured by a fall over a stone lying in the road leading over the company’s premises, was denied compensation by the Workmen’s Compensation Board on the ground that the accident occurred on a public highway and not in the course of his employment. On appeal to the Harlan circuit court the order dismissing bis claim was set aside and Brown was awarded compensation. The Wilson Berger Coal Company appeals.

Appellant had leased a large body of land in Harlan county for the…