Legal Opinion

Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Downing

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 26, 1919No. 1575PublishedCited by 98 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Potter County ; Henry S. Bishop, Judge. Suit by Thomas Downing against the Texas Employers' Insurance Association to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board, allowing plaintiff compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, and to recover compensation in a lump sum for injury sustained while working for Alex and Sam Davidson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Appellee, Thomas Downing, brought this suit in the district court of Potter county, against appellant, Texas Employers' Insurance Association, to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board, made on the appellee's claim for compensation under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Law, and to recover compensation in a lump sum for total and permanent disability, alleged to have resulted to plaintiff as the result of an injury received while in the employ of a subscriber within the terms of said law. Plaintiff alleged that, while working for Alex and Sam Davidson, who were…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. City of South Bend v. TurnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Austin & Northwestern Railroad v. CluckTexas Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Camden & Suburban Railway Co. v. StetsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. North American Accident Ins. Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917

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3Cited by98 opinions

  1. Brokaw v. CollettTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  2. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of Baltimore v. LowryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Fidelity Union Casualty Co. v. CaryTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  4. Bailey v. Texas Indemnity Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  5. State Ex Rel. Hightower v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1984

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