Schilling

Petitioner instituted this proceeding in certiorari to review the. order of the Industrial Accident Commission fixing his compensation, after rehearing, for legal services rendered to an applicant for compensatiou under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety Act.

[1] It appears from the record that the applicant, having been injured while in the course of his employment, consulted petitioner, who is an attorney at law, and through his advice and counsel procured temporary compensation from the insurance carrier; that thereafter he obtained other employment, during the course of which he was again injured and again consulted petitioner; and that thereafter, as the result of further consultation with petitioner, he was advised that he might apply for permanent compensation as the result of the first injury upon medical testimony which it was deemed possible to procure at that time. This application was made through the advice and assistance of petitioner, and a partial hearing was had thereon before the commission, wherein the evidence was very unfavorable to the applicant; but thereafter, through the advice and activities of petitioner, a settlement was…