Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Stephens

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, appellant, brought this suit in the district court of Winkler county to set aside an award for compensation, under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, made by the Industrial Accident Board in favor of C. W. -Stephens, appellee.

Appellee, Stephens, filed a cross-action in which he alleged an assignment of an interest in his compensation to his attorneys, naming them, and made parties defendant in the cross-action.

We will omit any further reference to the interest assigned, and refer to Stephens as the appellee.

It is alleged in the cross-action that while…