Minturn ex rel. Minturn v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

*886The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

A minor, by his next friend, brought this action to recover under the workmen’s compensation act for an injury to his hand, received while working in the defendant’s plant. A demurrer to his evidence was overruled, and a recovery was had. The defendant appeals, ■ and contends that the plaintiff cannot prevail because the three months’ claim for compensation provided by the statute was not given, six months having elapsed before the defendant was notified.

Section 22 of the original act, as amended by the act of 1913, (Gen. Stat. 1915, § 5916)…