Petty v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which plaintiff Olin Petty sustained a specific injury to his hand. On the theory that the injury extended to and effected the body generally, thereby resulting in general total permanent incapacity, plaintiff sought not merely specific compensation but general compensation.

On trial the answers of the jury were such that the court deemed it proper to render judgment against the defendant insurer, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, for compensation for specific injury. The plaintiff here contends that the answers of the jury…