Rehm v. Union Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This is an appeal by the employer from the judgment of the court below which affirmed the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board upon the employer’s petition to terminate an agreement for compensation.

The agreement made July 15, 1938, recites an accident on June 22, 1938 and describes the injury as “Shoveling coal — felt pain in back. Right sacro-iliac sprain.” Compensation was provided for total disability for an indefinite period and paid under the agreement until March, 1939. On August 28, 1939, the employer filed a petition to terminate the agreement alleging that…