Jordan v. Merchants Meat Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The appellant in this workmen’s compensation case was injured on August 18, 1936, when he was struck on the left side of his head with an ax while at work for the defendant-employer. An open agreement for total disability was entered into and compensation was paid thereunder until May 17, 1937. A petition for termination was presented August 3, 1937, to which an answer was filed and a hearing had. The referee, on October 4, 1937, decided that the claimant’s disability had ceased on May 15,1937, but ordered that compensation be terminated as of August 3, 1937. No appeal…