International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers v. Rodriguez

' McGILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the El Paso County Court at Law. The suit was brought by appellee as plaintiff to recover insurance benefits for the loss of the sight of his eye, from both appellants as defendants. He also sought to recover the twelve per cent statutory penalty and reasonable attorneys’ fees prescribed in Art. 4736, R.C.S., Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 4736, with interest on the total recovery at six per cent per annum from August 4, 1943, the alleged date of loss of sight. 'Trial to a jury resulted in answers to special issues on which judgment was…