Texas Employers' Ins. v. Herring

Plaintiff below, Elizabeth Herring, brought this suit to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board and to recover compensation under the Texas Employers’ Liability Act .(Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918, arts. 5246-1 to 5246-91) on account of the death of her husband -Charlie Gee Herring.

The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues, in answer to which the jury found (1) that Charlie Herring received an injury while in the course of his employment with M. B. Hale on or about the 19th day of July, 1922; (2) that said injury was the proximate cause of his death; and (3) that…