VANKIRK v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER

No. 11055.

108 S.E.2d 567 (1959)

Grace VANKIRK v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Locksley Fuel Corporation (now Christopher Fuel Corporation).

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Haden, Morgantown, for appellant.

Clark B. Frame, Morgantown, for appellee.


GIVEN, President.

Claimant, widow of O. R. Vankirk, an employee of Locksley Fuel Corporation, claims benefits as a dependent under the workmen's compensation acts. The State Compensation Commissioner held that claimant was not entitled to benefits, on his finding that the death of the employee did not result from an injury suffered in the course of his employment. The Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board reversed the order of the commissioner.

The employee...

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