Lumbermen's Reciprocal Ass'n v. Day

This suit involves the construction of section 12, art. 8307, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which is as follows: “Where the liability of the association or the extent of the injury of the employs is uncertain, indefinite, or incapable of being satisfactorily established, the Board may approve any compromise, adjustment, settlement or commutation thereof” that is “made between the parties.” In this case it conclusively appears that the defendant in error claimed that he received an injury to one of his eyes on April 19, 1926, while engaged in the work of his employer, who was a subscriber…