Finley v. Texas Co.

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff, while performing labor under his contract of hiring with defendant Texas Company, suffered an accident producing a left inguinal hernia. The disability following the injury is total and will be permanent unless relieved by surgical operation. He instituted this suit against his employer and its insurer, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, to recover compensation at the rate of $17.08 per week for 400 weeks, less $34.16 paid him, and for $250 for medical, surgical, and hospital services, etc.

The major issue raised by defendants’ answer, which we are called…