Reece v. York

Mr: Justice SwepstoN

delivered the opinion .of the Court.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case in which there is no question about the amount of the award to the injured employee. There was a recovery of $5,000 by the injured employee against a third party tort feasor which by statutory subrogation, Code, Sec. 6865, as modified by the Act of 1949, was credited to the efnployer against his liability to the employee. The Chancellor, after allowing this and other proper credits to be mentioned hereinafter, rendered a judgment for the balance of $2,793.10 to be paid in weekly installments…