Edge Moor Iron Co. v. Sidwell

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The question presented involves the construction of certain provisions of the industrial accident statute.

Subdivision (c) of Section 2 of Chapter 186, vol. 32, Laws of Delaware, among other things, provides:

“For all permanent injuries of the following classes, the compensation, regardless of the earning power of such injured employee after such injury, shall be as follows: * * *

*134“For the loss of a thumb, fifty per centum of wages during sixty weeks. * * *

“The loss of the first phalange of the thumb or of any finger shall be considered to be…