Elkhorn Seam Collieries Co. v. Craft

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge—

Reversing.

Appellee, Nicodemus Craft, who sued by his father, J. N. Craft, as next friend, recovered a judgment against appellant, Elkhorn Seam Collieries Company, for $744.00 in an action for personal injuries. Motion and grounds for a new trial were duly filed, which the trial court overruled, and appellant appeals.

Appellant had accepted and was operating under the provisions of the Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Law. Appellee had accepted the provisions of that law by signing the customary agreement to that effect. How*850ever, he appears to have…