CHEATHAM v. COLUMBIA CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 14098.

369 S.W.2d 456 (1963)

Velma B. CHEATHAM et vir, Appellants, v. COLUMBLA CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Sallas, Crockett, for appellants.

Ramey, Brelsford, Hull & Flock, Tyler; Donald Carroll, Tyler, of counsel, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This suit arose out of a claim for workmen's compensation. The principal question involved is whether appellee's sworn denial was sufficiently definite to require proof of the usual jurisdictional facts, i. e., notice of injury, filing of claim, and final award of the Board.

The petition on which appellant went to trial alleged that she had suffered a compensable injury when in the course of her work she unexpectedly inhaled large quantities...

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