McKinney v. Aston

This ease involves the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Both parties appealed hut defendant filed no assignments of error. Plaintiff assigned error through which it is urged that chapter 84, Acts of 1923 amended section 27 division (d) of chapter 123, Acts of 1919, so as to increase the total maximum compensation beyond $5000. He insists that the amendatory Act increasing the weekly benefits by necessary implication increased the total amount of .compensation in the same ratio.

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