Traders and General Insurance Company v. White

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is a Workman’s Compensation case tried to a jury upon pleadings which included allegations for total and permanent disability alleged to have been caused when appellee, while working as a cotton tier at a compress “kicked” a bale of cotton, in line with his duty, and allegedly injured his low back. According to' his testimony he was standing on his left foot, holding to an iron bar with his hands and “kicked” the bale with his right foot so other workmen could straighten the tags and “kick” it back to the tiers. Up-ten proper issues submitted and admissions made the jury…