Charles P. Pappas v. Royal Indemnity Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed this suit under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law 1 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 rendered its award May 21, 1956. On June 1, 1956, eleven days after the Board’s decision, appellant filed suit in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas to set aside the…