Britt v. Texas Pipe Line Co.

The plaintiff seeks to recover judgment against defendant for compensation fqr permanent total disability to do any work of a reasonable character, alleged to have resulted from injuries received by plaintiff while in the discharge of his duties as an employee of the defendant.

The answer of the defendant was a general denial, and on trial there was judgment for plaintiff as prayed for, from which judgment defendant appeals.

OPINION.

The plaintiff testified that on July 30, 1925, while he was in the employ of the defendant as a laborer in laying a pipe line, and while in attempting to pick up a…