Hardware Dealers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. King

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

The motion for rehearing filed herein by respondent is granted; the judgment entered on November 29, 1967, is set aside; the opinions filed on that date are withdrawn, and the opinion and judgment set out below are substituted.

This is a workman’s compensation case. The case was tried to a jury and judgment was rendered upon the jury’s verdict awarding the respondent-employee, Agnes King, a recovery of compensation benefits. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 408 S.W.2d 790. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and remand the cause to the trial court for…