Swain v. Standard Accident Ins. Co.

SMITH, Justice.

This is a case arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 8306 et seq.), in which Joske Bros. Company was the employer, Lucille E. Swain, the employee, and Standard Accident Insurance Company, the insurer.

On June 16, 1930, the employee, then some months past her nineteenth birthday, sustained accidental injuries in the1 course of her employment. The insurance company, recognizing liability upon the employee’s claim before the Industrial Accident Board, voluntarily paid the employee the weekly compensation due her under the. statute, for a period…