MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. CROFFORD

No. 6136.

55 F.2d 576 (1932)

MARYLAND CASUALTY CO. v. CROFFORD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. H. Foster, of Amarillo, Tex., for appellant.

H. J. Yarborough, of Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before BRYAN, FOSTER, and SIBLEY, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was employed by the Coltexo Gasoline Corporation as a laborer. In the course of his employment, while handing drinking water to men engaged in digging a deep trench, the edge of the trench crumbled and he fell into it, striking his back and side on a pipe being laid in the bottom of the trench. As a result he suffered a hernia and other injuries. He applied to the Industrial Accident Board for an award of compensation under the provisions...

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