General Insurance Company of America v. Casper

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Zelda Casper, on a jury verdict, recovered compensation for benefits for total permanent incapacity beginning on December 11, 1965, resulting from an injury in the course of her employment sustained on April 1, 1964.

From an award of the Industrial Accident Board of Texas, appellee filed suit in the District Court of Nacogdoches County, Texas, on October 16, 1964, for benefits for permanent total incapacity. In her pleadings, she did not allege that she was or was not a feme sole.

This case was tried before a jury. Upon the jury…