Benton

Petition for writ of review for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of an order of the Industrial Accident Commission denying petitioner a rehearing of his application for additional compensation for an alleged new and further disability arising from an injury sustained in the course of his employment. The injury was suffered by the applicant on January 29, 1923, while employed by defendant Southern California Edison Company as a steel sharpener, and it consisted of the crushing of his right hand by a machine. At the time of said employment petitioner was self-insured, and both employer and employee were subject to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Insurance and Safety Act of 1917 (Stats. 1917, p. 831), and acts amendatory thereof.

Upon his original application for compensation petitioner was, on November 1, 1923, awarded $20.83 a week for a period of fifty-eight weeks, amounting to the sum of $1,208.14. On November 7, 1923, he filed a petition for rehearing, claiming that injury to his index and middle fingers had been overlooked and should have been included in the allowance. This petition was granted and a final decision was entered on December 27, 1923,…