Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Tanner

STOKES, Justice.

Appellee, L. H. Tanner, instituted this suit against the 'appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, to recover compensation under the Workman’s Compensation Law, Article 8306 et seq. of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. He alleged he was employed by George P. Livermore, Inc., in the work of drilling an oil well in Lubbock County and that, while engaged in the line of his duties, he was crushed between some heavy tongs and oil well casing, as a result of which he sustained injuries which resulted in his total and permanent…