SEAY v. LEA COUNTY SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY

No. 5983.

292 P.2d 93 (1956)

60 N.M. 399

Mark O. SEAY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEA COUNTY SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY and Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal & Girand, Hobbs, for appellants.

Easley, Quinn & Stout, Hobbs, for appellee.


McGHEE, Justice.

The claimant (appellee) received an award following a jury trial for one hundred percent disability for a period of twenty-six weeks and for fifty percent disability thereafter because of a back injury suffered while working for the defendant employer. The employer and insurer appeal.

The first claim of error which the appellants urge is the trial court erred in refusing to give their requested instruction No. 13, which reads:

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