St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Murphree

357 S.W.2d 744 (1962)

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner

v.

J. T. MURPHREE, Respondent.

No. A-8548.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 23, 1962.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1962.

Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Lubbock, Max Addison, Lubbock, with firm, for petitioner.

Splawn & Maner, Lubbock, Tom H. Davis, Austin, for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

This is a Workmen's Compensation case. Murphree's petition alleged a general injury to his back and that such injury occurred on April 30, 1959, while he was attempting to lift a tractor engine head while employed by Meadow Implement Company. Murphree pleaded…