Schweiger v. Sheridan Coal Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment on an award •of compensation to appellee for loss of sight in his left eye, which was alleged to be a belated result of an injury to his right eye sustained while at work as a coal miner on Diecember 23, 1927.

On that date, while appellee was digging a “horseback” in appellant’s coal mine, a piece of rock struck him in the right eye and injured it. The accident caused him to quit his employment and go to a doctor, who treated his eye for about two months, until February 17, 1928, when he was discharged by…