Clark's Case

On February 12,1924 the petitioner’s husband, R. T. Clark, then an employee of the Waldoboro Garage Co.- suffered an industrial accident. An agreement for compensation was approved March 1, 1924 and such compensation paid until the death of Mr. Clark on October 25, 1925.

From a decree in favor of the petitioner the defendants appeal.

The answer filed in this case sets up one defense only to wit: that compensation having been under an approved agreement, paid to the injured employee to the time of his death, “this employer’s liability is now ended.” A reading of Section 12 of the Compensation…