Zurich General Accident & Liability Ins. Co. v. Thompson

HALL; C. J.

This action arose under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. 1925, arts. 8306-8309). The defendant in error is the claimant and the plaintiff in error the insurer. An award was made by the Industrial Accident Board, from which plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the company, appealed to the district court of Hutchinson county. The company filed its original petition on May 5, 1927, against Thompson, the claimant, and R. H. Vogel and John R. Gray, his attorneys.

Omitting the formal allegations of the petition, the company alleged, in substance, that on April 1, 1927, the…