Williams v. Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by Ulissus J. Williams against Texas Employers Insurance Association to set aside a compromise settlement of a workmen’s compensation case on the ground of fraud. The jury answered the issues submitted to them in favor of the plaintiff, but the court, on motion of the defendant, entered judgment in favor of the defendant non obstante veredicto. The plaintiff' appealed.

The plaintiff, who was a colored man, was an employee of Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. On July 3, 1935, while he was mounting a tire on a truck, the tire blew out and severely injured…