SHAFFER v. GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO.

No. 11189.

147 F.2d 981 (1945)

SHAFFER v. GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 13, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Durrell Carothers and Walter F. Brown, both of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

W. L. Kemper, of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Workmen's Compensation Law of Texas. Special issues were submitted to the jury under Rule 49 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, and the verdict thereon in all respects was in favor of the plaintiff.

The jury found that the plaintiff became totally disabled for 260 weeks beginning February 23, 1943, and ending February 22, 1948; that he would be partially disabled during...

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