Fawcett v. Department of Labor & Industry

Plaintiffs sought a delayed appeal from an order of the department of labor and industry, awarding compensation under facts hereinafter stated. No opposition was made thereto and, after due consideration, we treated plaintiffs’ application as a petition for a writ of mandamus and issued an order to show cause. The subsequent answer of the department admits that its order, dated May 26, 1936, was mistakenly entered in the belief that a certain settlement agreement, previously filed, had not been approved and says that, after the entering of the order, it was discovered that the department was…