Bryant v. Montgomery Ward & Company

BLAIR, Judge.

Presented is an appeal by Montgomery Ward & Company, employer and self-insurer, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County reversing an award of the Industrial Commission denying workmen’s compensation to Donald E. Bryant, a former employee of that company. The single question on this appeal is whether Bryant’s claim for compensation was barred by limitations. Secs. 287.430 and 287.140,V.A.M.S. The referee found “from all the credible evidence that the claim for compensation filed by the employee was not filed within one year after the date of the injury, nor was said…