Frank Desiderio Sons, Inc. v. Blunt

This is a certiorari to a judgment of the Essex Common Pleas dismissing an appeal in a workmen’s compensation ease. The ground of dismissal was that the Court of Common Pleas had no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal; and on examining the case and briefs of counsel, we concur in that view. The difficulty arises out of two facts: Eirst, that the accident occurred in New York; and secondly, that a statute in force at the time of the finding by the commissioner and relating to review of his findings, covered only accidents that occurred somewhere in New Jersey.

It was settled quite early in the…