Boyd v. J. R. Crowe Coal & Mining Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to modify an award of compensation. The award was sustained, and the plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff is the sole dependent of a workman whose injury resulted in death. On her application, the judge of the district court appointed an arbitrator to whom the matter of compensation was referred. The defendant requested the arbitrator to find the cause of death, amount of compensation due, and manner of payment of compensation. The arbitrator awarded .the plaintiff the full sum allowed by the compensation act, $3,800. He found…