Lumbermen's Reciprocal Ass'n v. Henderson

The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals is reported at page 646 of 1 5.W.(2d), and to it we make reference for a general statement of the case.

1. That court applied a presumption of actual receipt (on July 22, 1926) by the Industrial Accident Board of notice of “appeal” (section 5, art. 8307, R. S. 1925), because the “notice” properly addressed, stamped, and registered, was deposited in the mails at Orange and left that place iñ due course at “about 7:20 o’clock p. m. July 21st,” so that, in due course, it should have reached the post office in Austin (locus of the board) early in the…