Layne v. Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co.

May 6, 1959, petitioner filed his petition for compensation for permanent and total disability. He alleged in substance that he had been employed as a coal miner by trade by defendant for over 20 years until about September 16, 1957, when he received an injury for which he has been paid workmen’s compensation. That by reason of the conditions under which his work was performed he has been exposed to silica dust and that on February 21,1959, he was informed that he was disabled and could not return to work in a coal mine on account of the condition which they found in his lungs.

May 25,1959,…