Opinion
Argued December 18, 1961 —
Decided December 20, 1961.
Appeal from The Morris County Court, Law Division.
Before Judges GOLDMANN, FOLEY and MOLINEUX.
Mr. Patrick J. Timmons argued the cause for appellant.
Mr. Lewis P. Dolan, Jr., argued the cause for respondent ( Messrs. Dolan and Dolan, attorneys; Mr. William Martin Cox, on the brief).
The judgment of the County Court affirming the judgment entered in the Workmen's Compensation Division in favor of respondent because the Division did not have jurisdiction of the claim petition, is affirmed for the reasons stated by County Judge Mills. As he observed, the filing of a claim petition within the time prescribed by R.S. 34:15-51 is a jurisdictional requirement. Schwarz v. Federal Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., 29 N.J. Super. 374 , 376 ( App. Div. 1954); Scaglione v. St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co., 46 N.J. Super. 363, 368 ( App. Div. 1957).