Tomlinson v. Hazle Brook Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The controversy in this workmen’s compensation case had its origin in the filing by the employer of a petition for the termination of a compensation agreement.

While in the course of his employment with the defendant company, as a miner, the claimant was seriously injured on August 2, 1930, by a fall of coal. On August 16th the parties executed, and the board approved, an open agreement for compensation, at the rate of $15 a week, for total disability, payments were made under it until December 15, 1931.

The agreement contained this description of the accident and…