Alvarez v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in appellant’s suit to recover under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act for a general injury to his back. The jury found that appellant sustained an accidental injury on February 19, 1966, in the course of his employment for Farah Manufacturing Company, Inc., which resulted in two weeks total incapacity followed by “approximately 676 weeks” of partial incapacity. The jury found, however, that a prior back injury sustained by appellant in the course of his employment by Farah Manufacturing Company contributed…