Western Indemnity Co. v. Leonard
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Ewing Boyd, Judge. Proceeding by Effie V. Leonard under the Workmen’s Compensation Act against the Western Indemnity Company to recover for the death of her husband, an employé of the Universal Shipbuilding Company. From a judgment of the district court, sustaining an award of the Industrial Accident Board, the Indemnity Company- appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This appeal is from a judgment of one of the district courts of Harris county, sustaining an award made by the Industrial Accident Board, under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, allowing Mrs. Effie V. Leonard, appellee, compensation against the appellant for the death of her husband, James Leonard. On the 29th day of October, 1918, the date of his injury, James Leonard lived in the city of Houston, and was an employé of the Universal Shipbuilding Company, and had been for many months previous thereto. It was agreed:
“It is also agreed that due to the fact that the plant of the Universal…
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