American General Insurance Co. v. Vick

GRAY, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation cause.

Appellee suffered injury on February 3, 1955, at which time he had worked nine days and was paid $116 for the period of one week. On cross examination he testified that in 1955 he earned a total of $1,-594.15 and in 1954 he earned a total of $1,459.45. There is no evidence that any employee was engaged in employment similar to that in which appellee was engaged at the time of his injury and no evidence of wages paid for similar employment.

At the trial the parties stipulated that the average weekly wage of appellee could not be determined…