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WELLS v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

255 S.W.2d 462 (1953)

WELLS et al. v. JEFFERSON COUNTY et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Knopf, Louisville, for appellants.

Lawrence G. Duncan, Ray H. Kirchdorfer and Robert E. Hogan, Louisville, J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., and Squire N. Williams, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This appeal raises the question of constitutionality of a 1952 amendment to the Kentucky Workmen's Compensation Act. In a declaratory judgment proceeding between certain employes and their employers, the circuit court held the amendment valid. The appeal is by the employes.

By Chapter 82 of the Acts of 1952, the legislature amended KRS 342.395, relating to acceptance of the Compensation Act by employes. Prior to 1952, and dating back...

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