Norwich Union Indemnity Co. v. Davis

This case arose under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Texas (Rev. St. 1925, art. 8306). The appellant company appealed from the award of the Industrial Accident Board, and filed its. petition in the district court of Wichita county to set aside the award. The defendants in the suit were Lute Davis, the injured party, and his attorneys, who had been allowed certain percentages of the award as their fees.

Davis set up in his answer that he had suffered jiersonal injuries in an accident in the course of his employment by an employer who was a subscriber under the act, and alleged that the…