Gordon v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.

Neither employer nor employee is required to accept the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act. But employers who fail to file their acceptance with the commissioner of labor are denied certain common-law defences. Boody v. Company, 77 N. H. 208. And an injured workman who has elected to receive compensation under the act is compelled to abide by such election. Sullivan &c. Co. v. Stowell, 80 N. H. 158. If he seeks to recover for his injury at common law, he is barred from the benefits of the statute (Strong v. Company, 82 N. H. 221); and if he has availed himself of the statute by…