Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Vestal

On June 1, 1923, appellee sued appellant upon an awárd in his favor against it of the Industrial Accident Board, of date April 26, 1923, in his subsequent trial petition alleging its failure and refusal without justifiable cause to comply therewith, and as a consequence seeking to visit upon it the pains and penalties provided for in section 5a, paragraph 2, part 2, of the 1917 amendment to the Employers’ Liability Act, being article 5246 — 45, subd. 2, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918.

He further averred that the award had neither been appealed from by either party within-the 20 days allowed…