Travelers Insurance Company v. Richard H. Randall

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., awarding the plaintiff approximately $3,650 as compensation and medical expenses. The judgment was entered upon a verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff.

The plaintiff-appellee was injured while employed by appellant’s insured as a carpenter on a construction project at the St. Augustine Parochial School in Dallas, Texas. The school building was one-story high and of brick construction. Upon the site were three prefabricated buildings used as a tool shed,…