Dobash v. Jeddo-Highland Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The first question involved upon this appeal in a workmen’s compensation case is whether there is competent and substantial evidence upon the record supporting the action of the referee and board in setting aside a final receipt upon the ground that it was founded upon a mistake of fact.

While in the course of his employment as a miner with the defendant company on July 15, 1933, claimant was caught between a mine car and a timber, receiving severe injuries which totally disabled him for some weeks.

An open agreement for compensation for total disability, at the rate of…