Johnson v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing Appellant’s attempted appeal from an award of the Industrial Accident Board because the petition was not filed within twenty days as required by Article 8307, sec. 5, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. The Industrial Accident Board rendered its final award on May 27, 1982. Appellant timely filed his notice of intention to appeal on June 14. He had twenty days within which to bring suit. Article 8307, sec. 5, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. The twentieth day for filing suit was Sunday, July 4. Article…