Hay v. Woosley

This is a petition brought under Section 6892(b) of the Code seeking an increase in the compensation which had been allowed petitioner in a former proceeding in which he had been awarded a judgment for permanent partial disability of a leg to the extent of 30 per cent thereof.

The defendants filed a special plea of res adjudicata to the petition coupled with an answer. The case was heard by the Circuit Judge upon these pleadings and a written stipulation reading as follows:

“It is stipulated by and between Counsel in open Court that the defendant partnership paid into the hands of the Clerk of…