Maddox v. Industrial Insurance Commission

Citations

• 113 Wash. 137
• 193 P. 231
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 809

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant (121-2) — Workmen’s Compensation — Award —Appeal—Dismissal—Effect of Voluntary Nonsuit. Under Rem. Code, § 6604-20, providing for an appeal by a workman from the decision of the department on his claim under the workmen’s compensation act, a voluntary nonsuit granted without prejudice to appellant, upon objections made to his evidence, operates as a dismissal of the appeal, and precludes further proceedings in such appeal.</p> <p>Appeal (355) — Dismissal—Effect. A voluntary dismissal of an appeal from the department’s award to a workman under the workmen’s compensation act, amounts to an affirmance of the award, if no subsequent appeal is taken.</p>