ACREE v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER

No. 12118.

122 S.E.2d 291 (1961)

Ruby ACREE v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaffer & Shaffer, H. Gus Shaffer, Jr., Madison, for appellant.

R. L. Theibert, Charleston, for appellee.


GIVEN, Judge.

Claimant in the instant proceeding, Ruby Acree, widow of Pete Acree, a former employee of Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company, was by the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board granted dependent benefits on a finding of the board that the employee's death resulted from silicosis. The order awarding such benefits reversed an order of the State Compensation Commissioner which held, in effect, that the death of the employee resulted from a cause other than...

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