EASTERN COAL CORPORATION v. MORRIS


287 S.W.2d 603 (1956)

EASTERN COAL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Henry MORRIS et al., etc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baird & Hays, William J. Baird, Pikeville, for appellant.

Lay & Knuckles, Pineville, M. E. Boiarsky, R. L. Theibert, Charleston, W. Va., for appellees.


CAMMACK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board to Henry Morris for permanent total disability caused by the disease of silicosis.

The appellant, Eastern Coal Corporation, contends that the entire proceeding is void for want of jurisdiction over the subject matter, because it had not accepted the provisions of the Compensation Act, with respect to silicosis, until after Morris terminated his employment...

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