Burley v. Central Paper Co.

This ease is here for review on writ of certiorari to the department of labor and industry. While employed as a skilled sawyer by the Central Paper Company of Nogi, Michigan, on the 10th day of June, 1913, William C. Burley suffered a severe injury to three fingers of his right hand, resulting in the amputation of one-half of the third finger and of the second and fourth fingers at the knuckles. At the time of the accident his weekly wage was $27.

On the 10th of July, 1913, by agreement, the plaintiff received $650 compensation at the rate of $10 per week for a period of 65 weeks for the loss…