Jones v. Industrial Commission

JENNINGS, Justice.

By certiorari petitioner seeks review of an award of the Industrial Commission denying him compensation for injuries sustained in a calf roping contest.

Petitioner, Ivan Jones, was employed as a “stockman” by the Carrizo Livestock Association, a division of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. His contract of employment provided that the Association could discharge him upon two weeks written notice. On July 17, 1961 petitioner received notice of termination by letter dated July 7, 1961 but postmarked July 14, 1961. On July 26, 1961 petitioner moved out of the Association’s house…