Royal Indemnity Co. v. Dennis

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St., Art. 8306, Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, § 12b, ‘‘Hernia”, contains provisions relative to hernias for which compensation is payable. In general those in which successful results-are obtained as the result of a radical operation to relieve the herniated condition entitled the claimant to be paid compensation for twenty-six (26) weeks. As applied to those which cannot be operated, or those wherein successful results are not obtained as the result of operations, the claimant (if he does not die) is entitled to receive compensation under…