TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Brantley

HAMILTON, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. In response to special issues the jury found that James B. Brantley, the claimant, sustained an accidental injury on February 26, 1958, resulting in a right inguinal hernia which could not be successfully repaired and which had resulted in total and permanent disability. Judgment was entered by the trial court on the verdict for Brantley awarding him compensation benefits in the lump sum of $8,774.30. The Court of- Civil Appeals affirmed. 394 S.W.2d 824. We reverse the judgments of the trial court and the Court of Civil Appeals and…