Royal Indemnity Co. v. Earles

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit for compensation for injuries resulting from an accidental strain in the course of plaintiff’s employment, was tried to the court without a jury, and elaborate findings of fact were filed. Summed up they were: that plaintiff, as a result of an accident occurring on April 22, 1943, suffered a general compensable injury; that on December 1, 1943, he filed his claim with the Industrial Accident Board, admittedly not within six months; but that his case was a meritorious one, and he alleged and proved continuing good cause for not filing earlier. Concluding that…