Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Stewart

This is a suit to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board. Willie Stewart was the injured party, H. B. Zachry Company, the employer, and Federal Underwriters Exchange, the carrier of the insurance.

The trial was to a jury, who found favorably to Willie Stewart, and, from a judgment in his favor in the total sum of $4,743, the insurance company has appealed.

Appellee, Willie Stewart, alleged that he was employed as a laborer on a sand hopper in the furtherance of the business of his employer, H. B. Zachry Company, when his foot became entangled in a rotating chain, resulting in his…