Spieker v. Skelly Oil Company

SEYMOUR, Justice.

Appellee Spieker, on April 15, 1953, filed ■his claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act against appellant, Skelly Oil Company, seeking compensation for injuries sustained by appellee January 13, 1953 while employed by the company as a roustabout in the oil fields. Claim was for total and permanent disability, attorney’s fee, medical expenses and hospitalization. Appellant’s answer admitted the accident, denied the disability and, by way of affirmative defense, alleged that appellee’s action was prematurely filed for the reason that, at the time appellee instituted the…