Maxwell's Case
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal from a decision of the chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission. The respondents in their answer to the petition alleged that the matter at issue was not sufficiently set out in the petition, and asked to have the petition amended, which was refused, and further alleged that claimant entered into an agreement with respondents for compensation, as provided by law, which compensation had been paid, when due, and that claimant was not entitled to further…
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On appeal from a decision of the chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission. The respondents in their answer to the petition alleged that the matter at issue was not sufficiently set out in the petition, and asked to have the petition amended, which was refused, and further alleged that claimant entered into an agreement with respondents for compensation, as provided by law, which compensation had been paid, when due, and that claimant was not entitled to further compensation than that provided under said agreement. Case is fully stated in the opinion. Claimant not being represented by…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
An appeal from a decree of a sitting Justice under Section 34 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, now found in Chai). 238, P. L., 1919, confirming the findings of the chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission. The petitioner was injured in the mill of the Winthrop Mills Company on the sixth day of December, 1919. From the report of the evidence, it appears that the petitioner and his employer entered into an agreement as to the compensation he was entitled to receive under the Compensation Act, which was paid to him under and in accordance with the agreement for seven and a fraction weeks…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hunnewell's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- In Re the Claims of PetrieNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Lemieux's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
3Cited by10 opinions
- White v. Monmouth Canning CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Vince v. Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Ciotti v. Jarecki Manufacturing Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Drouin v. Ellis C. Snodgrass Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
- Puritan Baking Co. v. VoltonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
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