Tabor v. Goodhue

This workmen’s compensation case originated in 1959 and has “slumped forward” slowly since that time. Cf. Hallahan v. Riley, 95 N. H. 419, 420. The issue before us does not relate to the merits of the administrative decision by the Labor Commissioner denying compensation but is whether the Superior Court could allow an appeal filed after the thirty-day period (RSA 281:37 (supp); Laws 1961, 194:15) under the provisions of RSA 281:42 (supp) (Laws 1961, 194:17). The latter statute reads as follows: “Petition for right to appeal. Any person, aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner, who was…