Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Burnett

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee against appellant for compensation for total permanent incapacity under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 8306 et seq.). Appellee was ■employed by the Texás Gas Engine & Tool Shop, and was working near a furnace. He testified that the door to the furnace in some manner was raised and flames and fumes were suddenly emitted therefrom and inhaled by him. Prom this traumatic pneumonia developed at once, and this was followed by tuberculosis. There is no question but that at the time of the trial…