Consolidated Underwriters v. Ruff

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a compensation case with appel-lee, Jake Ruff,- the employee, appellant, Consolidated Underwriters, the compensation insurance carrier, and Texas Creosoting Company the employer. On the verdict of the jury, answering special issues, judgment was for appellee against appellant for compensation for total disability for 156 weeks at $10.80 per week, beginning on the 10th day of August, 1941, from which appellant has regularly prosecuted its appeal.

Appellee’s employer was engaged in the business of curing and preserving timber, in part, by use of penta-chlorphenol.…