Allen v. Mottley Const. Co
Citation | 170 S.E. 412 |
Parties | ALLEN. v. MOTTLEY CONST. CO. |
Decision Date | 27 June 1933 |
Court | Supreme Court of Virginia |
Certified from Industrial Commission.
Proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Act by Sam Allen, claimant, opposed by the Mottley Construction Company, employer, for review of award because of change in condition. On certification of question of law by the Industrial Commission.
Question answered.
Argued before CAMPBELL, C. J., and HOLT, EPES, HUDGINS, GREGORY, and BROWNING, JJ.
R. Dixon Powers, of Richmond, for Allen.
Davis Ratcliffe and Sinnott & May, all of Richmond, for Mottley Const. Co.
Sam Allen was injured on August 26, 1931. On November G, 1931, the Industrial Commission made an award approving an agreement between the employee and employer whereby the employee should be paid $6.05 per week during disability. Final payment was made and accepted on November 10, 1931, and the employee returned to work. On February 21, 1933, the employee filed an application to review the award on the ground that he had suffered a change in condition.
Section 47 of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Laws 1918, c. 400), with amendment adopted by the 1932 session of the General Assembly (Laws 1932, c. 89) in italics, reads:
Under the provision of subsection 61 (§ 1887), the Industrial Commission has certified to this court for determination the following question of law:
Chairman W. H. Nickels of the Industrial Commission, in the case of C. C. Rowles v. Lynchburg Tobacco Warehouse Co., Inc., etc., 15 O. I. C. 66, has rendered an opinion which so completely disposes of the contention of the complainant in this case that we adopt the following extracts therefrom:
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