Maryland Casualty Co. v. Jones

Mr. Judge Hickman

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

This suit arose under- the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The only question presented for decision is whether the district court had jurisdiction to try the cause. The trial court held that it had jurisdiction as a matter of law and submitted no issues to the jury with reference to jurisdictional facts. Upon appeal the Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment and remanded the cause for the purpose of having issues submitted to the jury, the answers to which would determine whether the court had…