Markey v. S. S. Peter & Paul's Parish

Plaintiff, assistant janitor for defendant, with wages of $10 per week, was injured and received workmen’s compensation at $7 per week for a time, later reduced to $5 per week. From November, 1935, he has worked as timekeeper for the public works administration, a Federal agency, with salary of $70 per month, increased in April, 1936, to $25 per week. In June, 1936, defendant filed petition to stop or reduce plaintiff’s compensation under the proviso in 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8427 (e):

“Provided, The compensation payable, when added to his wage-earning* capacity after the injury in the same or…