Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Brown

STOKES, Justice..

■ This is a compensation case, appealed from a de novo trial in the District Court upon a proper appeal from an award of the Industrial1 Accident Board. Appellee, Er-vin N. Brown, was employed as a common laborer by the American Smelting & Refining Company, and appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, carried its compensation insurance under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Articles 8306 et seq., Revised Civil Statutes 1925, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq, Appellant filed its petition in the District Court in the ordinary form, alleging that on October 14,…