Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Bickham

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals will be found in 136 S. W. (2d) 880.

While counsel for the widow and minor children of the deceased employee was examining the jury panel on voir dvre, he made the following statement:

“This suit was brought by Federal Underwriters Exchange to set aside an award made by the Industrial Accident Board and it is tried ‘de novo’ in this Court and the burden of proof is upon the claimants to prove the things necessary to entitle them to recover, regardless of what it is, just to show that they were entitled to recover.”

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