Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Belcher

GRISSOM, Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case instituted by W. D. Belcher against the Traders & General Insurance Company. In accord with a jury verdict, judgment was rendered for plaintiff for the recovery of the maximum amount authorized for total and permanent disability. From that judgment defendant has appealed.

Defendant contends, by its first and second propositions, that the trial court should have sustained its plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the case because plaintiff’s claim for compensation filed with the Industrial Accident Board did not show, in dollars and cents,…