Amburn v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Amburn, claiming an accidental inhalation of sewer gas in the course of his employment which caused pneumonia and tuberculosis and total and permanent disability, was unsuccessful before. the Industrial Accident Board and lost his suit to set aside its award. A verdict *750was directed against him mainly on the ground that he had not claimed his compensation within six months after the occurrence of the injury. The Texas Compensation Law, Rev. Civ. St. art. 8307, § 4a, provides: “No proceeding for compensation for injury under this law shall be maintained * *…