Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Hilderbrandt

WALKER, Chief Justice.

Appellee, C. A. Hilderbrandt, was the employee; D. N. Picton & Co., Inc., the employer ; and appellant, Texas Employers* Insurance Association, the compensation insurance carrier, under the provisions of our Workmen’s Compensation Act, articles 8306-8309, Rev. St. 1925. On the 3d day of December, 1930, while in the due course of his employment, appellee received a compensable injury. Not being satisfied with the award of the Industrial Accident Board, he gave due notice of appeal and upon trial in district court, on a verdict of the jury, was awarded compensation as for…