St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Bridges

Ebbrhardt, Judge.

There is really only one question for decision here, viz., whether the Workmen’s Compensation Board has jurisdiction within 30 days after the unconditional approval of an agreement for the payment of compensation to entertain and grant a motion to vacate and set aside the approval (and the agreement) upon the ground of fraud, accident or mistake.

The board is an administrative body, having no jurisdiction beyond that granted to it by the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It has heretofore been held that the jurisdiction granted under the act does not extend to the…