Black Motor Co. v. Spicer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Reversing.

Tke appellee, W. C. Spicer, was an employee of the-Black Motor Company in its business as dealer in automobiles at its establishment maintained and operated in Harlan, Kentucky. While engaged in his employment— and on September 20, 1939 — he claims to have sustained an accident which produced hernia, and on August 26, 1940, he filed an application with our Workmen’s Compensation Board for an appropriate award, both he and his employer having accepted the provisions of the Compensation Act. His application was resisted on the-ground that his…