Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Dillingham

MASSEY, Chief. Justice.

From a judgment for the plaintiff employee for total and permanent disability benefits under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., the defendant insurer appeals.

Judgment reversed and the cause remanded.

Reed Dillingham sustained injuries while working as an employee in the State of Oklahoma in 1935. Under the first award of the Industrial Commission of that state he drew compensation on account of the 1935 injury until 1942, when, upon a hearing before the Commission, he was awarded compensation benefits based upon the finding that…