McPhee's Case

The dependent of the deceased employee has suggested a question whether the case is rightly here, because it is provided by the workmen’s compensation act as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, “that there shall be no appeal from a decree based upon an order or decision of the board which has not been presented to the court within ten days after the notice of the filing thereof by the board.” This does not mean that the case must be actually brought to the attention of a judge of the Superior Court within that time. It is a compliance with the statute if the required papers are presented to…