Williams v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.

Plaintiff instituted this proceeding in an attempt to secure compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He was employed by the defendant on June 14, 1929, the date on which he asserts an injury was sustained entitling him to compensation. He continued working for the defendant for a few days after that date. Thereafter he was a patient in the tuberculosis sanitarium at Galen from October 15, 1929, to May 11, 1931.

On March 5, 1930, plaintiff wrote a letter to the Industrial Accident Board, seeking compensation, wherein he gave the history of his case. The board on March 10 of the same…