Heard v. Texas Compensation Ins.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was for compensation under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev.St.Tex.1925, art. 8306 et seq., as amended [Vernon’s, Ann.Civ.St.Tex. art. 8306 et seq.]), for injuries consisting of a fracture of the semilunar cartilage and a tearing of the ligaments of claimant’s knee. It was brought to the District Court by appellee from the Industrial Accident Board's award of $16.20 per week for 200 weeks. Appellant answered and filed a crossraction in the cause, claiming, as he had claimed before the Board, that the knee joint was inflamed, tender, and painful, and…