The following excerpt is from Combes v. Geibel (In re State Indus. Comm'n), 123 N.E. 452, 226 N.Y. 291 (N.Y. 1919):
The burden rests upon the claimant who has been guilty of the default to excuse the same. Matter of Bloomfield v. November, supra; Matter of Hynes v. Pullman Co., supra.
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