POCAHONTAS FUEL CO. v. GODBEY


66 S.E.2d 859 (1951)

192 Va. 845

POCAHONTAS FUEL CO., Inc. v. GODBEY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowen & Gillespie, Tazewell, for appellant.

David T. Kennedy, Beckley, W. Va., Townsend & Townsend, Charleston, W. Va., for appellee.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

This appeal presents for review an award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia against Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc., appellant, which granted to John M. Godbey, appellee, compensation for partial disability due to silicosis.

The award carried into effect the majority opinion of the Commission to which one Commissioner dissented.1

It is conceded that appellee was suffering from silicosis and was partially...

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