Edward E. Gillen Co. v. Industrial Commission

The question for determination is whether the Industrial Commission, after having given an applicant a full hearing and after having properly denied him compensation, may set aside its order on the ground that it has discovered a mistake, no mistake being specified and none appearing in the record, and thereupon grant the applicant a new hearing, and, upon the applicant’s changed testimony with respect to a material controlling matter, make an award of compensation.

On November 13, 1931, and for many years prior thereto, the defendant Charles Matthews had been employed in the city of Milwaukee…