Tennyson v. Department of Labor & Industries

The department of labor and industries appeals from a judgment of the superior court of Clallam county reversing an order of the joint-board of the department.

The department, in the first instance, and the joint board, on rehearing, refused to entertain the respondent’s claim for compensation for an injury alleged to have been sustained in extrahazardous employment, on the ground that no claim had been filed within the period of one year, as limited by statute.

The respondent appealed from the order of the joint board to the superior court of Grays Harbor county, that being the county of his…