Smith v. Department of Labor & Industries

— Respondent, J. L. Smith, sustained an injury while engaged as an employee in an extra-hazardous occupation. His claim for compensation was recognized and allowed by the department of labor and industries', and thereafter the disability was classified as a permanent partial one of nine degrees. He, being dissatisfied, applied to the joint board of the department of labor and industries for a rehearing. The application was granted. Thereafter, on January 29, 1931, evidence was taken in the cause.

While the cause was thus pending before the joint board, an instrument, purporting to be an…