Travelers' Ins. Co. v. Washington

This is the second appeal in Travelers' Insurance Co. v. Washington, 283 S.W. 694, from the Supreme Court, Washington v. Travelers' Insurance Co., 290 S.W. 738. We refer to those reports for a full and complete statement of the nature of this cause of action. Briefly stated, this is an appeal from a ruling of the Industrial Accident Board, involving Washington's rights to compensation under our Workmen's Compensation Act (Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. 1925, art. 8306 et seq.). On this appeal the case was pleaded and presented to the jury on the theory that Washington received a hernia in the due…