Highway Ins. Underwriters v. Stephens

GRAY, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case appealed from the District Court of Taylor County, Texas. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues, all of which were answered favorably to the plaintiff, whereupon the court rendered judgment in his favor for compensation for 156 weeks at $20 per week, to be paid in a lump sum from which the defendant appealed.

Plaintiff below, appellee here, was at the time of the injury an employee in the shop of Arrow Coach Lines at Abilene. He was formerly a resident of Brownwood and was employed in the Arrow shop there for some time before…