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JOHNSTOWN COAL & COKE CO. v. DISHONG

[No. 24, October Term, 1951.]

198 Md. 467 (1951)

84 A.2d 847

JOHNSTOWN COAL AND COKE COMPANY v. DISHONG ET AL. DISHONG v. DAVIS COAL AND COKE COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Rehearing denied January 9, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Gunter for Johnstown Coal and Coke Company, appellant.

Clarence Lippel for Charles L. Dishong, appellee and cross-appellant.

Theodore C. Waters, Jr., with whom were Theodore C. Waters and Mullikin, Stockbridge & Waters on the brief, for The Davis Coal and Coke Company, appellee.

The cause was argued before MARBURY, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and MARKELL, JJ.

DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a claim for Workmen's compensation for permanent total disability resulting from silicosis arising out of and in the course of employment. The claim was filed by Charles L. Dishong, a coal miner, against Davis Coal and Coke Company, of Tucker, West Virginia, and Johnstown Coal and Coke Company, of Vindex, Maryland.

Claimant started to work for Davis in 1917 at the age of sixteen. During the next 28...

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