Essington v. Bowman
Indiana Court of Appeals
From, the Industrial Board of Indiana. Proceeding by Iva Bowman against John Essington and others for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Prom an award in favor of the applicant, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBatman, P. J.
This is an appeal from an award by the Industrial Board in favor of appellee for $40.
*1851. 2. *184The first question to be determined is one of juris*185diction. It is well settled that the right of appeal is wholly statutory, except where expressly se-
cured by the Constitution. Hall v. Kincaid (1917), 64 Ind. App. 103, 115 N. E. 361. The right of appeal under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Acts 1915 p.392,§80201 et seq. Burns’ Supp. 1918, is not a constitutional right, but a purely statutory one. It is given ,by §61 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, supra, as amended by the act of 1917, which reads as…
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- Hall v. KincaidIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
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- Schultz v. AlterIndiana Court of Appeals · 1915
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