STAPLETON v. FORK JUNCTION COAL CO.


247 S.W.2d 372 (1952)

STAPLETON v. FORK JUNCTION COAL CO.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. E. Childers, Pikeville, for appellant.

Sanders & Hyden, Pikeville, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming an order of the Workmen's Compensation Board dismissing appellant's application for compensation. The decisive question in the case is whether or not appellant sustained an injury by accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment.

Appellant was employed by appellee as night watchman at its coal ramp located in a remote section of Pike County. Their employment relation was controlled...

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