Freeman Coal Mining Co. v. Industrial Commission

This writ of error is prosecuted to review a judgment of the circuit court of Williamson county confirming an award, amounting to $3500, in favor of the widow of Samuel L. Steger, the award being based on a finding that Steger’s death resulted from an injury received in the course of and growing out of his employment as a miner in one of the "mines of plaintiff in error.

Albert Watson, a miner, testified that April 8, 1921, he visited the room where Steger was loading coal; that he went into the room to joke with Steger; that while he was talking with him Steger grabbed his scrotum and said…