Martin v. Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sought recovery of benefits, under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., for his total and permanent disability, which resulted from an accidental injury sustained by him in the course of his employment as a roughneck on an oil drilling rig.

During the course of the trial, and over the repeated objections of his attorney, appellant was questioned about his previous marriage and divorce, about the fact that he had changed his name from Martinez to Martin, and about his failure to pay anything for the support of his children…