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MATTSON v. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 29.

293 U.S. 151 (1934)

MATTSON v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry E. Foster for appellant.

Mr. Daniel Baker and Mr. Miles H. McKey, Assistant Attorney General of Oregon, with whom Mr. G.W. Hamilton, Attorney General of Washington, and Miss Dorothee Scarbrough were on the brief, for appellee.

By leave of Court, Mr. I.H. Van Winkle, Attorney General, Mr. Miles H. McKey and Mr. Victor R. Griggs, Assistant Attorneys General, filed a brief on behalf of the Industrial Accident Commission of Oregon, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Since 1911 the State of Washington has had a workmen's compensation act applicable to extrahazardous employments. Until March 15, 1927, the statute contained a section providing:

"If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place or be discovered after the rate of compensation shall have been established or compensation terminated in any case the department may, upon the application...

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