Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Ballard

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a compensation case involving a choice of benefits between two specific injuries. Appellee, Horace F. Ballard, filed suit against appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, a corporation, for compensation benefits by reason of injuries sustained by him on or about January 6, 1954, while he was engaged in the course of his employment by H. A. McGinnis, employer.

The case was tried to a jury upon special issues submitted. The jury found that ap-pellee sustained an injury to his right leg at and above the knee which resulted in the total loss of the use of his…