Lloyds Casualty Co. of New York v. Lem

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee in the district court for Fifty-Sixth judicial district, Galveston county, against appellant to mature an award of the Industrial Accident Board in his favor for the sum of $892.33, and for recovery of 12 per cent, penalty, and $350 attorney’s fees. The suit was brought under section 5a, article 8307, Revised Statutes (1925). After alleging the facts entitling him to such compensation, the petition alleges in substance that “on December 16, 1931, the Industrial Accident Board made a final award against appellant in his favor for total…