WILLIAMS v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

No. 16174.

239 F.2d 250 (1956)

Burt WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Burns, Houston, Tex., Burns & Grumbles, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

W. N. Arnold, Jr., Houston, Tex., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered notwithstanding the verdict in a Texas workmen's compensation case in which the critical question is whether the injured employee had good cause for failing to file a claim within the six months statutory period.

The suit filed by appellant alleged that he was injured on May 5, 1950. His claim was not filed with the Industrial Accident Board until September 7, 1954. Under the Texas law such a...

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