The claimant, a worker in a leather tannery, suffered a severe back injury on March 26, 1942, which has disabled him since. He was elected a town supervisor on January 1, 1944, and, beginning January 1, 1947, his salary in that office exceeded his prior earnings as a tannery worker. While the income from an elective office may be considered, in an appropriate case, in determining the amount of reduced earnings under subdivisions 5 and 5-a of section 15 of the Workmen's Compensation...
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