Orozco v. Central Coal & Coke Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff recovered judgment under the workmen’s compensation law on the award of an arbitrator. The defendant afterward moved to modify or cancel the award. The motion was denied. The defendant appeals from the award of the arbitrator, from the order approving and adopting the award, and from the order denying the motion to modify or cancel the award.

On January 2, 1925, the plaintiff was accidentally injured while working in a coal mine operated by the defendant. An arbitrator was thereafter appointed. He heard evidence and reported…