Beaver Dam Coal Co. v. Hocker

*399Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

On May 5, 1917, John Hooker, an employe of the Beaver Dam Coal Company, was struck by falling coal and severely injured. An open agreement providing for compensation at the rate of $5.85 a week for total disability based on an average wage of $9.00 a week was filed with and approved by the workmen’s compensation board. On December 12,1922, Hooker filed with the board a petition for the adjustment of his claim on the ground that his average weekly wage was greater than $9.00 at the time of the accident, and that a mistake was made in computing the…