Zietko v. New Jersey Manufacturers Casualty Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

Briefly stated, the dispositive question in this cause is one of jurisdiction of the subject-matter. More specifically stated, the question for decision, is whether the Supreme Court, as is urged, or the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau, as was held, had “exclusive original jurisdiction” (R. S. 34:15-49) to entertain and determine appellant’s pleaded cause, instituted in the Supreme Court and based upon an asserted agreement allegedly made with respondent pursuant to R. S. 34:15 — 50.

The material facts which give rise to the posed question are…