American General Ins. Co. v. Bailey

268 S.W.2d 528 (1954)

AMERICAN GENERAL INS. CO.

v.

BAILEY.

No. 12627.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

May 6, 1954.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1954.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, B. Jeff Crane, Jr., and L. J. Dayton, Houston, for appellant.

John L. Hill and W. James Kronzer, Houston, and Hill, Brown, Kronzer & Abraham, Houston, of counsel, for appellee.

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Harris County in which appellee recovered under the Workmen's Compensation Statutes of Texas, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., as for fifty per cent…