West v. Northern Tree Co.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which compensation was ordered by a referee and the appeal board of the workmen’s compensation *404commission due to injuries sustained from freezing of plaintiff’s hands while he was employed cutting brush for the Northern Tree Company on or about February 16, 1957.

The single question raised by defendant-appellants on appeal is — did the plaintiff give prompt notice of his injury to the employer as required by section 15, part 2 (CLS 1956, § 412.15 [Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 17.165]), of the.workmen’s compensation act!

The section relied on follows:

“No…