Dixon v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

(after stating , the facts as above). The-question presented on the appeal is the legal correctness of submitting “justifiable cause” as an issue of fact to be determined by the jury, the action being under the statute to collect the total amount of the weekly payments awarded by. the board, together with the penalty and attorney’s fees. The appellant insists that the exculpatory facts, on which the verdict is based, is not a showing, as a pure matter of law, of a sufficient - reason for failing to pay the award promptly, as done by the ap-. pellee, and therefore the judgment should be…