Gulf Casualty Co. v. Taylor

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a compensation case. Appellee, John R. Taylor, plaintiff below, was the employee, Gulf Pipeline Company of Texas, the employer, and appellant, Gulf Casualty Company, defendant below, the compensation insurance carrier. On the 27th day of May, 1931, appellee, in the regular course of his employment, while lifting a heavy timber, was injured by straining of the nerves, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and bones of his back. He was given immediate medical attention, tout remained regularly on the pay rolls of his employer and received his regular monthly salary at the…