POCAHONTAS FUEL COMPANY v. BARBOUR


112 S.E.2d 904 (1960)

201 Va. 682

POCAHONTAS FUEL COMPANY, Inc. v. Oliver G. BARBOUR.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Gillespie, Tazewell, for appellant.

John R. Boggess, Carl C. Gillespie, Tazewell (Gillespie & Gillespie, Tazewell, on brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD, and I'ANSON, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

The record before us presents for review an award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia against Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc. (now Consolidation Coal Company), which granted to Oliver G. Barbour compensation for total disability due to silicosis.

The award put into effect the majority opinion of the Commission from which Commissioner Nuckols dissented.

All the evidence was presented before a hearing commissioner on November 17,...

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