Young v. Safety Casualty Co.

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation suit in which the appellant, Otis L. Young, was *885the employee, Magnolia Petroleum Company, the employer, and the Safety Casualty Company, the appellee and insurer. At the close of the testimony the trial court peremptorily instructed the jury against the appellant and in favor of the appellee. The reason assigned by the court for such instruction was the failure of the appellant to show good cause for not making a report of his injury to the subscriber within thirty days and not filing his-claim with the Industrial Accident Board within six…