Conners' Case
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. This is a petition by claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Act praying for a rehearing on the ground of newly discovered evidence, after a full hearing had been held on claimant’s original application for compensation and a final decree entered denying compensation, and the time within which'an appeal may be taken as fixed by statute had expired without any appeal being taken.
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On appeal. This is a petition by claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Act praying for a rehearing on the ground of newly discovered evidence, after a full hearing had been held on claimant’s original application for compensation and a final decree entered denying compensation, and the time within which'an appeal may be taken as fixed by statute had expired without any appeal being taken. The Chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission granted the petition, and a decree by a single Justice was entered in accordance therewith, from which decree an appeal was taken by defendants. Decree…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
The claimant received an injury on October 19, 19Í8. On March 14, 1919, he filed with the Industrial Accident Commission a notice and application for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Answer was filed on the same day. The claimant was still in the hospital at Bath, where he had been since receiving his injuries. The chairman of the commission was present. The claimant had no attorney. The record and decree pertaining to the hearing read in part: "Under a mutual agreement to proceed with the hearing before the Chairman the parties entered into the following stipulation upon…
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