Walters v. Eagle Indemnity Co.

This is an action by an injured workman, to recover from his employer’s insurer compensation for a permanent total disability. The petition was dismissed on demurrer by the circuit court, applying section 14 of the workmen’s compensation statute (Acts 1919, chapter 123; Code, section 6865). The. employe, Walters, has prosecuted his appeal in the nature of a writ of error to this Court.

The petition avers that the injury for which compensation is claimed was caused by the servants or agents of the Choctaw Culvert and Machinery Company, and that petitioner sued that company for damages for his…