Norcross v. Haskell

Young, Ji

"-The- question before this court is not whether the court can, in. a'proper case, extend the time for presenting claims to the commissioner, Parker v. Gregg, 23 N. H. 416, but whether' the fact a creditor failed, through accident, mistake or.misfortune, • to take an appeal within the time limited by statute, constitutes “sufficient .cause” within the meaning of that term as-u'sed in P. S., c. 192, s. 4, for- extending the commission.

In other words, the question before the court is why the legislature enacted s. 4. Wás it, as the .plaintiff contends, to enable the court, among other…