Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Brock

The defendant in ferror, a minor 15 years of age at the time 'of the transaction involved, through his father as next friend, instituted a suit against the plaintiff in error, under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 8308 et seq.) after the Industrial Accident Board,.while granting his claim for compensation, had denied payment in a lump sum, and recovered a judgment in the district court of Cherokee county for $10.38 per week for 401 weeks, to be paid in a lump sum *705amounting to $4,162.38, “less a discount at the rate of 6% per annum compounded interest on the…