Pearce v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau

On January 28, 1936, the plaintiff filed with the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau his claim for compensation for an injury which he claimed he suffered on March 25, Í935, during the course of his employment by the International Harvester Co. The bureau rejected the claim on the ground that it had not been filed within sixty days after the injury was received and determined that no reasonable cause had been shown why he should be allowed to file his claim after the expiration of this sixty-day period, even though it was filed within the period of the one-year limitation.

From this rejection the…