TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Layton

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which appellee, Johnnie A. Layton, filed suit against appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, for compensation as a result of injuries sustained by him while working for an employer who carried protection for him as an employee with appellant. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict upon which the trial court rendered judgment for appellee for the sum of $8,904.22, payable in a lump sum, it appearing that appellant had previously voluntarily paid appellee $25 per week for five weeks, making a total sum of…