Legal Opinion
Grover C. Kay v. The Home Indemnity Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1965No. 21290PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is the extremely narrow one arising under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306 (1956). This is its first appearance here, although in the Federal District Courts the count is now two to one in support of the judgment of dismissal below.1
Specifically, what, and all that, is involved is the “jurisdiction” of the last court in the race to the courthouse between separate and competing suits to set aside the award of the Industrial Accident Board. Here the Insurance Carrier, after proper notice of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Mingus, Receiver v. WadleyTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Horton v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hyde Corporation v. HuffinesTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- Booth v. Texas Employers' InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- William Jones v. Roadway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Cedillo v. Valcar Enterprises & Darling Delaware Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1991
- A. C. Green, Jr., and H. H. Parker, Individually and as Partners, G & G MacHine Works v. Aetna Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Nardone v. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Trevino v. RamosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
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