State Ex Rel. St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Co. v. District Court of Eighth Judicial District

WATSON, Chief Justice.

The petitioner in this original proceeding was defendant in a proceeding in the district court under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Comp. St. 1929, § 156-101 et seq.). It filed a demurrer to the amended claim, which was overruled. Prior to the making and entry of the overruling order, it objected to the taking of any action in the case on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter; it appearing that the fatal injury of the claimant’s husband occurred more than one year prior to the commencement of the proceeding. The court having assumed…