Associated Employers Lloyds v. Wiggins

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment awarding appellee a recovery of workman’s compensation for the death of her husband.

Appellant, the insurance carrier, moved for an instructed verdict, and later for judgment non obstante veredicto. It contends that there is no evidence to show *706that the employee received the fatal injury! in the course of his employment. The evidence, considered in the light most favorable to the verdict, is sufficient to show the following: Charley Wiggins, a Negro, had been employed by Bewley Mills, in Fort Worth, for many years prior to his death. He did…