Warren & Bradshaw Drilling Co. v. Boyd

CORN, Justice.

On July 11, 1951, Robert A. Boyd, respondent herein, filed a claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law against Warren-Bradshaw Drilling Company, employer, and its insurance carrier, petitioners herein, wherein he states that on June 6, 1951, while in the employ of the drilling company he sustained an accidental injury to his back resulting in some permanent disability to his person. The accident occurred while he was engaged in lifting heavy sacks of mud and strained his back.

At a hearing had on the claim the trial commissioner found that respondent on June 6,…