State ex rel. Donovan v. Duluth Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of Ruth M. Donovan the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari directed to the district court for St. Louis county and Honorable R. A. Dancer, judge thereof, to review its order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in an action brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Ruth M. Donovan, employe, against Duluth Street Railway Company, employer;
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Certiorari to review an order of the St. Louis district court sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in a workman’s compensation case. The question is whether the proceeding was barred by the statute of limitations.
The first compensation act was enacted in 1913. Laws 1913, p. 675, c. 467. It contained no limitation o'f the time for instituting a proceeding to recover compensation. The amendatory act of 1915, Laws 1915, p. 294, c. 209, § 8, added a section, designated section 20A, limiting the time for the bringing of a proceeding by the injured employe to “one year after the occurrence of the…
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