Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Porter

This proceeding was brought under the Workmen's Compensation Act by H. L. Porter against Traders General Insurance Company, for compensation for loss of capacity alleged to have been sustained by him on February 26, 1935, in Starr County, as a result of injury received while in the course of his employment as a "rough neck" by G. B. Bryant and R H. Wise, oil operators.

Porter was awarded compensation by the Industrial Accident Board at the rate of $20 per week, for total incapacity, for a period of 150 weeks. On Porter's appeal to the district court, upon jury findings of permanent total…