O. J. Fortenberry v. Maryland Casualty Company

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the district court entered judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that appellant had failed to raise a fact issue as to “good cause” for not filing his claim with the Industrial Accident Board within the six months required by Section 4a of Art. 8307, Vernon’s Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. 1

The appellant sustained an accidental injury to his back while in the course of' his employment with Hughes Development Company on August 3, 1955. Notice of such injury was received by the employer that same day. Appellant…