Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. Pierson

STOKES, Justice.

Appellee, Woodrow R. Pierson, an employee of American Smelting & Refining Company, which company carried compensation insurance with appellant Texas Employers Insurance Association, instituted this suit to recover compensation under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Art. 8306 et seq., R.C.S.192S. The record shows that, while employed by the smelting company, on December 27, 1937, appellee received an injury to his left eye which resulted from the heated contents of what is termed a “retort” being blown into his face, and for which he filed his claim for…