Texas Indemnity Ins. Co. v. Dean

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case. On the verdict of a jury that appellee, Jack Dean, in the course of his employment with Magnolia Petroleum Company, on the 5th day of August, 1930, suffered an accidental injury which resulted in his permanent total disability, and the other supporting facts, he was awarded judgment against appellant, Texas Indemnity Insurance Company, the compensation insurance carrier, for the lump sum of $6,992.02, with interest, costs, etc.

On the testimony offered by appellee his disability resulted from a “heat stroke” suffered by him on August…