Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Lynch

BREWSTER, Commissioner.

This is a workman’s compensation case. A trial court judgment for respondent, R. L. Lynch, based on jury answers to special issues, was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals at Beaumont in an opinion not published.

All errors assigned by the petitioner, Federal Underwriters Exchange, grow out of its objections to the court’s charge. The case was tried before the effective date of our present rules of civil procedure, therefore the questions raised must be considered in the light of the principles then applicable. Rule 814, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Lynch alleged…