Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Bryant

TIREY, Justice.

This suit was brought by Bryant to recover workmen’s compensation benefits and the jury answered all special issues favorable to him and the court’s judgment awarded him a recovery of benefits in a lump sum in keeping with the verdict. Plaintiff went to trial on his original petition. Pertinent to this discussion he alleged that he was working within the scope of his employment for T. E. Mercer Trucking Company and while in the State of Louisiana in the performance of his duties on March 21, 1964, he suffered accidental bodily injuries; that “As a result of the occurrence made…