Holloway v. Texas Indemnity Ins. Co.

On November 10, 1928, claim was filed before the Industrial Accident Board by plaintiff in error in which he sought an award for compensation against defendant in error on account of a hernia alleged to have been sustained on December 12, 1926, while engaged in dhe performance of his duties as an employee of the Magnolia Petroleum Company, to whom defendant in error had issued a policy of insurance under the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

Prom an award sustaining the claim, defendant in error duly prosecuted its appeal to the district court. Plaintiff in error filed the usual cross-action in…