Crews v. Moseley Bros.

This appeal calls in question an order entered by the Industrial Commission, dismissing a claim for compensation filed by the appellant against the appellees.

The undisputed facts found by the Commission may be summarized thus: On August 1, 1926, Stewart Robertson, a colored man aged forty-one years, to all appearances hale and hearty, was, and had been for one year and eight months prior thereto, in the employment of Moseley Brothers, general contractors, at Lynchburg, Virginia, at an average weekly wage of $18.00 His employment had been that of digging ditches and making excavations. On the…