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TRANSPORT INS. CO. v. JAEGER

No. 16636.

534 S.W.2d 389 (1976)

TRANSPORT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bernhardt L. JAEGER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Floyd, Houston, for appellant; Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, of counsel.

Stephen Perel, Houston, for appellee.

PEDEN, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation suit to set aside the award of the Industrial Accident Board. The only issue is whether the trial court erred in dismissing it for want of jurisdiction because the insurance carrier filed it only in the name of the employer, not in its own name, within the twenty-day limit imposed by Section 5 of Article 8307, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. We affirm.

On May 15, 1975, the Industrial Accident Board had awarded...

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