OPINION BY ERVIN, J., April 18, 1963:
In this workmen's compensation case the claimant met with an accident on August 23, 1957 but did not file a petition for workmen's compensation until February 17, 1959, seventeen months and twenty-five days after the accident. The referee, after the first hearing, disallowed the claim because it was not filed within the sixteen-month period. The board sustained an appeal from the referee's decision and remanded the matter to the...
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