National Automobile Insurance v. Industrial Accident Commission

On August 1, 1933, the respondent employee received in the course of employment an injury diagnosed and found by respondent commission as a direct inguinal hernia, consisting of an aggravation of a pre-existing disease into a disabling condition, for whieh he was awarded surgical, medical and hospital treatment. Petitioner seeks annulment of such award, contending that the commission acted in excess of its authority in that the award was unreasonable, since there had been an award in 1929 for the same condition between the same parties.

It is insisted that the applicant did not sustain in 1933…