Mathews v. Dale

Fox, Judge :

In February, 1926, the defendant, Paul E. Dale, then aged fifteen years and eight months, applied to the Wheeling Steel Corporation for employment. In his application for such employment, he stated that his age was nineteen years, and upon such representation he was put to work. Some time later, on February 9, 1926, while acting in the course of his employment, he was injured. The Wheeling- Steel Corporation being a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, Dale applied to the Compensation Commissioner for compensation, and stated in writing that he was then twenty years old.…