Prime v. Dunaway

The sole question presented on this record is whether or not a claim for compensation is assignable after it has been reduced to judgment. Section 18 of the Act of 1919 (Chap. 123) reads:

“Be it further enacted, that no claim for compensation under this Act shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from claims of creditors.”

The Chancellor was of opinion that when the claim had been reduced to judgment this prohibition against assignment no longer applied. This is an appeal on the pauper’s oath from his decree. A motion to dismiss the appeal because the oath…