Merkel v. T. A. Gillespie Co.

Pee Ctjeiam.

There are two matters before us.

Cause Pío. 224 is a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Essex county dismissing an appeal in a workmen’s compensation matter, and Pío. 255 is a motion to dismiss the appeal to this court, in the same matter, for lack of diligent prosecution.

Dealing with the latter cause first, it might well be dismissed because of non-compliance with our rules. Proper diligence is not perfectly apparent but by our disposition of the cause, upon its merits, legal and factual, respondent is not disadvantaged by a refusal to…