H. C. Moody & Sons v. Dedeaux

This case involves questions concerning the interpretation and application, to voluntary payments of compensation to a minor, of the one-year statute of limitation on reopening claims under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The statute in question is Section 21 of Chapter 354, Miss. Laws 1948, being Code of 1942, Section 6998-27:

“Continuing jurisdiction of the commission. — Upon its own initiative, or upon the application of any party in interest on the ground of a change in conditions or because of a mistake in a determination of fact, the commission may, at any time prior to one (1) year…