State Highway Department v. Gorham

W. E. Gorham, having obtained legislative consent, brought this suit under Article 6674s, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, against the State Highway Department of Texas, referred to as the Department, and The State of Texas, to recover workmen’s compensation for injuries sustained while in the employ of the Department. A recovery was denied by the Industrial Accident Board, referred to as the Board, and Gorham appealed. Upon trial in the district court, the jury found that he was totally and permanently disabled as the result of an accidental injury received on December 7, 1937, in the…