Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. Thrash

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This was an action instituted by W. M. Thrash, as plaintiff, hereinafter so called, against Texas Employers Insurance Association, defendant, hereinafter so called, to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board. Plaintiff in his petition and also in his testimony alternatively sought to bring himself under the general provisions of the Compensation Act (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq.); and also sought recovery for specific injury, including total loss of the right eye and partial loss of the left. It was alleged that he suffered' accidental injury while…