Nelson v. Young-Cole Lumber Co.

Citations

• 58 Wash. 56
• 107 P. 873
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 888

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Injury to Servant—Factory Act—Actions—Condition Precedent—Notice oe Accident. Notice of an accident is a condition precedent to an action for personal injuries under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6595, providing that no action shall be commenced for personal injuries under the factory act unless notice of the accident signed by the employee or some one in his behalf be given to the employer within six months from the time of the accident or within 90 days after recovery if mentally or physically unable to give the notice; and where the injured person became insane, a notice in his behalf signed by an unauthorized person, after the expiration of the six months, no general guardian having been appointed, is not such a notice as is required by the statute.</p>