U. S. COAL & COKE CO. v. PARSONS


245 S.W.2d 442 (1951)

U. S. COAL & COKE CO. v. PARSONS et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sampson, Harlan, Middleton, Seelbach, Wolford, Willis & Cochran, Louisville, for appellant.

George R. Pope, Harlan, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal from a judgment approving an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board to appellee, Parsons, for disability, concerns whether he was injured by reason of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

Appellee was injured while setting a cross-collar in appellant's mine. A cross-collar is a beam used to support the roof of a mine. It is raised to the roof by means of a lifting jack...

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