Hunter v Attorney-General - [1953] NZLR 866

Workers' Compensation — Accident arising out of and in the Course of the Employment — Tuberculosis — Mental Hospital Attendant — Date of Happening of Accident — Day on which Worker first went on Sick Leave — Quantum of Compensation determined by Statutory Provisions in Force on That Day — Increased Rates of Compensation to Public Servant not applicable to Accidents happening before April 1, 1948 — Amounts deductible in Ascertaining Full Amount of Compensation payable — "Any payment, allowance, or benefit" — Tuberculosis Act, 1948, s 23(4) — Worker's Compensation Act, 1922, s 10 (4).