Johnson v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance

In this case petitioner recovered judgment for compensation against the respondent in the district court based upon answers of the jury to special issues. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment on two grounds. 202 S. W. (2d) 258.

One of the grounds upon which the trial court’s judgment was reversed was its refusal to submit to the jury a requested instruction relating to circumstantial evidence. The requested instruction was in this language:

“gentlemen op the jury: You are charged as part of the law in this case that any fact before you may be established by…