Jewelle Davlin v. Texas General Indemnity Company

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1 2****the suit for compensation for the death in an automobile accident of plaintiff’s husband, Curtis Davlin, was against defendant, the insurance carrier of Service Pipe Line Company, Davlin’s employer. The collision occurred while deceased, the president of his Local Union No. 473, in a car furnished not by the company but by himself, was driving to Brownfield, to pick up one Crites, a member of the union, so that they as union representatives could attend a joint management-union conference called for Fort Worth.

As…