Trinity Universal Insurance Company v. Jolly

307 S.W.2d 843 (1957)

TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

Mattie B. JOLLY, Appellee.

No. 10525.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

November 27, 1957.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1957.

Cade & Bowlin, Lubbock, for appellant.

Huff & Splawn, Forrest Bowers, Lubbock, for appellee.

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This was a workmen's compensation case which was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for total and permanent disability payable in a lump sum. The plaintiff's case was based upon the theory of aggravation of a pre-existing disease.

The appeal is founded on…