Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Hamilton

FANNING, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Billy Hamilton, a minor, by next friend, Jim Hamilton, sued to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board and to collect compensation insurance for injuries sustained while an employee of Zephyr Oil Company. Upon 'trial by jury the coflrt rendered judgment for appellee awarding lump sum recovery in the amount of $8,-864.91. The defendant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, has appealed.

Appellant’s first point is as follows: “The error of the court in rendering judgment (in excess of the minimum) based upon a finding of…