PAPPAS v. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

No. 16574.

251 F.2d 439 (1958)

Charles P. PAPPAS, Appellant, v. ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Wilson, Jr., Thomas J. Cook, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

David M. Kendall, Jr., Pinkney Grissom, Dallas, Tex. (Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, Dallas, Tex., of counsel), for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed this suit under the Texas Workmen's Compensation Law1 to set aside an adverse ruling of the Industrial Accident Board. The law provides that notice of appeal must be filed with the Board within twenty days after the Board's final ruling and decision.2 The Board's records show that notice of appeal was not filed until July 16, 1956, some two months after the date the Board...

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