Pooler v. Grasselli Chemical Co.

Kenworthey, J.,

Opinion by

This appeal is an attempt to persuade us that our previous decision (142 Pa. Superior Ct. 553, 16 A. (2d) 655) was wrong and that we should overrule it.

The controlling question is whether a workmen’s compensation agreement executed less than ten days after the accident in violation of Sec. 407 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law . of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 1 is void where the employer recognized the validity of the agreement by making payments under it for a period of six months. We said at p. 555: “We are of the opinion that the defendant, as it…