Mitchell v. Eunice Country Club, Inc.

HOOD, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit instituted by Alice Mitchell against Eunice Country Club, Inc., and its insurer, The Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of defendants, and plaintiff has appealed.

The issues presented are factual: (1) Did plaintiff sustain an accident on or about August 27, 1963, as alleged? and (2) Is there a causal connection between plaintiff’s present disability and her employment by Eunice Country Club, Inc.?

Plaintiff, an illiterate Negro woman, alleges in her petition that she sustained an…