United Employers Casualty Co. v. Smith

STOKES, Justice.

Final judgment based upon the verdict of a jury was entered in the court below in this case on October 9, 1939, in which the defendant in error was awarded judgment in the total sum of $2,780, the unac-crued portion to be paid at the rate of $20 per week under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Art. 8306 et seq., R.C.S., 1925, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. The basis of the recovery was, as found by the jury, the total loss of the use of defendant in error’s right hand. Plaintiff in error’s motion for a new trial was overruled by the trial court on the…