Benjamin & Johnes v. Brabban

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

'Florence M. Brabban was injured on May 1st. 1913, while in the employ of Benjamin & Jolines. On April 30th. 1915, nearly Iwo years afterward, she filed a petition in the Essex Common Pleas setting up- that there was a dispute beiween her and the present prosecutor concerning her claim for compensation and praying that that dispute might he determined in accordance with the act. To this petition an answer was filed claiming that her right was barred by the lapse of the year allowed by the statute, and obviously tills defence was valid.…