INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD v. MIEARS

No. 12146.

227 S.W.2d 571 (1950)

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD v. MIEARS.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Price Daniel, Attorney General and L. P. Lollar, Assistant Attorney General, of Austin, for appellant.

Fred Parks and Max H. Jennings, of Houston, for appellee.


CODY, Justice.

Plaintiff, the injured employee, was a one-eyed man in November, 1947 at the time he lost the sight of his left eye by a compensable injury under the Workmen's Compensation Law. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. The compensation carrier promptly paid him the appropriate compensation under the law for the loss of an eye. Previously, in 1929, in connection with his employment by the Southern Pacific Railroad, plaintiff had lost the sight of his right...

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