Gray v. Hercules Powder Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoch, J.:

This is an appeal by the employer from an award under the workmen’s compensation act. The principal question presented is whether an award which has been made by the district court may be modified by that court within the twenty days thereafter provided by the statute for taking an appeal to this court on questions of law.

Brief recital of the facts will suffice for presenting the issue. The claimant, William H. Gray, an employee of the Hercules Powder Company at De Soto, Kan., was injured on September 11, 1944, while attempting to lift a…