Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Sterling

On September 29, 1929, appellee, Dee W. Sterling, while discharging the duties of his employment-with Gulf Refining Company in the city of Port Arthur, Jefferson county, Tex., fell from a scaffold and was injured very seriously in his spine and in other parts of his body. At the time of his injury he was receiving an average weekly wage of about $44. His employer, being within the provisions of our Workmen’s Compensation Act, carried' its compensation insurance with appellant. Appellant recognized its liability to appellee under its contract of insurance, and on account of his injuries paid…