Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin v. Bill G. Blunt

Appealing from a judgment on a verdict entered in a Texas Workmen's Compensation suit, the defendant is here insisting that the court erred in refusing to try 1 the tendered issue, whether plaintiff gave the required thirty day notice of his claimed injury as required by law, and that the judgment must be reversed. We agree.

Here the appellee defends the action of the court by reference to Art. 8307b Vernon’s Civil Statutes of Texas and Rule 820 of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, adopting all portions of the Texas Workmen’s Compensation law which relates to matters of practice and procedure,…