Southern Surety Co. v. Nelson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Galveston County. Nelson and others sued the Southern Surety Company and others and recovered judgment from which defendants ■ appealed. Appellees filed a cross assignment under which the recovery, which was affirmed, was increased by the imposition of a penalty of 12 per cent. Appellants thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
Defendants in error, as the legal beneficiaries of Adolph Nelson, a deceased employee of the Standard American Dredging Company, recovered a judgment' in the District Court of Galveston County, for $1981.70, against plaintiffs in error as insurers against the liability of said Company to its employees under the Texas Employers’ Liability Act. The judgment represented compensation for the employee’s death, without penalty or attorney’s fee. On appeal to the Galveston Court of Civil Appeals the judgment of the District Court was reformed so as to award defendants in error, in addition to their…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Aetna Life Insurance v. J. B. Parker & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1903
- Southern Surety Co. v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Carpenter v. Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by6 opinions
- McClure v. Georgia Casualty Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Dill v. Texas Indemnity Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. JagoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Georgia Casualty Co. v. WardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- Republic National Life Insurance Co. v. SpillarsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
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