Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Addison

STRUM, District Judge.

Appellant instituted this action to vacate an order of the Texas Industrial Accident Board awarding appellee compensation for the death of her husband, M. N. Addison. By cross-action appellee, Mrs. Addison, also sought to vacate the Board’s award, which though favorable to her was apparently unsatisfactory to her in amount. Verdict was directed below for Mrs. Addison when both parties moved for directed verdicts at the conclusion of all the evidence. The insurance carrier appeals.

Addison was employed as a skilled oil field laborer by Younger Bros., for whom appellant is…