While there is no dispute as to the material facts, there is a sharp dispute as to the inferences to be drawn from these facts. The appellees had the burden of proving that Neal came to his death as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, but they were not required to produce direct evidence of that fact. If evidence is produced which will reasonably sustain an inference or raise a presumption in support thereof, it is sufficient. Raymond Construction Company v. Little, 255 Ky. 461, 74 S.W.2d 926; Hardy-Burlingham Mining Company v. Hurt, 253 Ky. 534, 69 S.W.2d 1030; Cairel v. Hall-Luton Coal Company, 243 Ky. 168, 47 S.W.2d 1063; Coleman Mining Company v. Wicks, 213 Ky. 134, 280 S.W. 936; Black Mountain Corporation v. Humphrey, 211 Ky. 533, 277 S.W. 833; Big Elkhorn Coal Company v. Burke, 206 Ky. 489, 267 S.W. 142, 143; State Highway Commission of Kentucky v. Westerfield, 257 Ky. 274, 77 S.W.2d 951, decided December 4, 1934. Neal's death occurred within his usual working hours and on his master's premises at a place where he had a right to be if he was there for the purpose of warming himself, as claimed by the appellees.
The burden of proof was on the claimants. Harvey Coal Corporation v. Pappas et al., 230 Ky. 108, 18 S.W.2d 958, 73 A.L.R. 473; Cairel v. Hall-Luton Coal Co. et al., 243 Ky. 168, 47 S.W.2d 1063. This burden was met to the satisfaction of the board. It is not disputed that Omar Bramel fell against the reel.