Robinson v. Commercial Standard Insurance

Mr. Presiding Judge S medley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

In this case the same question as to jurisdiction of the trial court is presented as that decided by this Court on December' 7, 1938, in Booth v. Texas Employers’ Insurance Association. (132 Texas 237). Robinson, the injured employee, filed claim with the Industrial Accident Board in which he described in general terms the nature of his injury without showing the amount claimed. Thereafter he filed suit in district court to set aside the board’s award, which was for $157.00. His petition gave the same…