Brinkley v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

The appellant, H. P. Brinkley, an injured workman, recovered judgment in the trial court in a suit prosecuted under the provisions of Article 8306 et seq., Vernon’s Ann. Texas Civ. St., but being dissatisfied, has appealed. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

Among its several defenses pleaded in the trial court, the insurance carrier set out thql the appellant had made claim for and bee:, paid workmen’s compensation benefits oil 12 separate occasions, the pleadings listing the claims by employers, dates and amount paid, and additionally asserting the…