Texas General Indemnity Company v. Villa

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case. In addition to the preliminary findings prerequisite to the claimant’s recovery, the jury found that (5) Jose Vasquez Villa was totally incapacitated; that (6) his total incapacity began June 11, 1954, and (7) would be permanent. But, the jury also found that (9) Villa sustained partial incapacity which (10) began June 11, 1954, and (11) would be permanent and that (13) the percentage of his “partial” incapacity was “100 per cent.” The insurer filed a motion for a mistrial on the ground that said answers were so conflicting that no…