WELCH v. OKLAHOMA MILL CO.

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WELCH v. OKLAHOMA MILL CO.
1926 OK 581
247 P. 655
121 Okla. 57
Case Number: 17290
Decided: 06/22/1926
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

WELCH
v.
OKLAHOMA MILL CO. et al.

No. 17290

Action to Review Decision of State Industrial Commission.

Action by Claude P. Welch against the Oklahoma Mill Company et al. to review a decision of the State Industrial Commission. Respondents move to dismiss. Action dismissed.

Syllabus

ΒΆ0 1. Master and Servant -- Workmen's Compensation Law--Time for Petition to Review Decision.
Section 7297, C. O. S. 1921, as amended by S. L. 1923, ch. 61, sec. 8, provides for a review in the Supreme Court from an award or decision of the State Industrial Commission, and under such provision said action must be filed in this court within 30 days after notice of the award or decision of the Industrial Commission has been sent to the parties affected.
2. Same--Time not Extended by Petition to Rehear Below.
The statutory period providing for lodging an action in this court to review an award or decision of the State Industrial Commission cannot be extended by entertaining a petition to rehear or review in the Industrial Commission.
3. Same--Dismissal of Petition to Review Filed After 30 Days.
The petition to review the award of the Industrial Commission not having been filed in this court within 30 days after notice of the award or decision of the Industrial Commission had been sent to the parties affected, the action will be dismissed.

Gustave A. Erixon, for plaintiff in error.

Twyford & Smith, for defendants in error.

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