Industrial Accident Board v. Glenn

O. E. Glenn and the compensation carrier, Petroleum Cas ualty Company (the insurer for the Humble Pipe Line Company) brought this action in the District Court of Travis County in the. nature of a mandamus proceeding against the Industrial Accident Board. Glenn et al sought the writ of mandamus to compel the Industrial Accident Board to approve a compromise settlement agreement which had been entered into by O. E. Glenn, an employee of the Humble Pipe Line Company, and the Petroleum Casualty Company, the carrier of the pipe line company’s compensation insurance. It was averred that Glenn…