Watkins v. Home Indemnity Co.

Mb. Justice Dye®,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case presenting the one issue of whether the claim is barred by the one year statute of limitations. The trial judge, finding the statute applied, dismissed the petition resulting in this appeal by plaintiff in error, Sandra Watkins.

The petition filed 21 February 1966 alleges as follows:

That while employed and while in the scope and course of her employment, on or about the evening of January 6, 1965, petitioner was engaged in carrying out her duties as a registered nurse for the aforesaid employer and was…