Stanella v. Scranton Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The proceeding which gave rise to the present controversy, in this workmen’s compensation case, was the filing by the appellant-claimant with the board, on August 23, 1933, of a petition reading: “I respectfully request the workmen’s compensation board to determine the amount of compensation due me for partial disability, based upon such earning power as I can establish by testimony before the [board]. I have had no compensation since the date of the decision of Referee Beemer of December 18, 1930, although I have been continuously disabled since that time.”

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