United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. McCollum

HIGGINS, Justice.

This is a suit by McCollum against appellant to set aside a compromise agreement settling a claim for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 8306 et seq.). The validity of the agreement was attacked upon the ground of fraud and the further ground that such agreement had not been approved by the Industrial Accident Board.

The appellee’s claim for compensation was presented to the board which, on May 31, 1932, made an award allowing compensation at the rate of $20 per week for an indeterminate period not exceeding 401 weeks.

The agreement…