Opinion No. 36-1458
October 30, 1936
TO: Mr. F. Charles Davis State Labor Commissioner Santa Fe, New Mexico
{*30} We have your letter of October 29th, with which you enclose a letter {*31} of R. H. Siegfried Company with regard to a workman's compensation claim.
Where settlements of injuries to workmen are effected, it is usual to have the injured person file his claim in the District Court in conformity with the provisions of Sec. 156-113, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, Compilation of 1929, and a final judgment entered upon such claim in the amount agreed upon by the settlement. The said statute provides that no cost shall be charged, taxed or collected by the Clerk in such cases. We believe that if the matter in question is taken up with the County Clerk of Lea county and the Clerk is informed that the case is being filed under the section of the statute above-mentioned he will take care of the matter in accordance with the provisions thereof.
By: J. R. MODRALL,
Asst. Atty. Gen.