Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Black

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

A jurisdictional prerequisite to the recovery of compensation, under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. is the filing of a claim for compensation with the Industrial Accident Board within six months after the injury, unless good cause for failing to file the claim within six months is shown. Appellee Onie Bell Black filed her claim for compensation with the Industrial Accident Board on April 9, 1949. She testified, on the trial below, that the injury occurred on October 19, 1948.

Doctor Flowers, to whom appellee had first gone for…