CHADD v. WESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

No. 34348.

89 N.W.2d 586 (1958)

166 Neb. 483

Oral R. CHADD, Appellee, v. WESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY OF FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, and M. W. Watson, General Contractor, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chambers, Holland, Dudgeon & Hastings, Lincoln, for appellants.

Lloyd E. Chapman, Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, CHAPPELL, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


SIMMONS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in a workmen's compensation case brought under the provisions of section 48-141, R.R.S.1943, for the modification of the amount of an award on the ground of increase of incapacity due solely to an injury. The trial court granted the application. Defendants appeal.

The appeal presents three questions generally stated as follows: Did plaintiff meet the burden of proof required by the act? May the amount of the award...

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