JACOB HARTZ SEED COMPANY v. Thomas

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Commission must conduct a new hearing on a second joint petition for final settlement of a claim after a hearing has been held on a prior joint petition but before an order disposing of the first petition has been entered. The circuit court held that the commission must hold a new hearing, and that the approval of the second petition in this case without a separate hearing did not deprive the commission of jurisdiction to entertain the claimant’s petition requesting a determination of…