Cheatham v. Columbia Casualty Co.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This suit arose out of a claim for workmen’s compensation. The principal question involved is whether appellee’s sworn denial was sufficiently definite to require proof of the usual jurisdictional facts, i. e., notice of injury, filing of claim, and final award of the Board.

The petition on which appellant went to trial alleged that she had suffered a com-pensable injury when in the course of her work she unexpectedly inhaled large quantities of formaldehyde mist, nylon dust and other chemical substances. In the alternative she alleged that she was constantly exposed to the…