Lineberry v. Town of Mebane

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Tbe provisions of sec. 24, cb. 120, Public Laws 1929, constitute a condition precedent to tbe right to compensation, and is not a statute of limitations. Winslow v. Carolina Conference Assn., 211 N. C., 571, 191 S. E., 403. If an injured employee fails to file notice of bis claim witbin twelve months after tbe date be sustains an injury by accident arising out of and in tbe course of bis employment, be has no right to compensation under tbe express terms of tbe statute.

Tbe infancy of tbe plaintiff does not toll this provision of tbe statute. This has been tbe consistent bolding of…