Hayward v. Kalamazoo Stove Co.

On rehearing we are of the opinion the award should be vacated.

In the application for rehearing the attorney general, at the request of the commissioners of the department of labor and industry, confessed error in the award and, as amicus curiae, joined in asking for a rehearing on the grouuds that the decision is irreconcilable with the established law of this State and the doctrine of stare decisis.

Plaintiff was injured August 6,1936, went back to somewhat lighter work December 15, 1936, and worked until November 13, 1937, when the plant shut down for want of business and all of the…