Rowles v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The main question raised on this appeal is whether the claimant has lost his right to receive workmen’s compensation from his employer by reason of his failure to file a claim against it within the time prescribed by statute.

William O. Bowles, on September 28, 1936, was in the employ of United Mine Workers of America, District No. 2, as check weighman at a plant of Johns-town Smokeless Coal Company when he met with an accident in the course of that employment. There having been no agreement upon compensation and the claimant having failed to file a petition for…