Argonaut Mining Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

—By means of certiorari the petitioner seeks to reverse an order of the Industrial Accident Commission denying a rehearing and also asks this court to annul the award of compensation which was allowed the respondent, Blass Jurovieh, for disability incurred as a result of silicosis which he acquired in the course of his employment in its mine.

It is contended the commission exceeded its jurisdiction in determining that Jurovieh incurred his disability in the course of his employment with petitioner for the reason that the evidence is undisputed that he was aware of that ailment while he was…