Ranger Insurance Co. v. Valerio

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation death case. Judgment was entered for the claimant-widow based on the one issue submitted to the jury which found that the accidental injury was received by the deceased in the course of his employment. The appellate points are those that challenge the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding and assert that, as a matter of law, the deceased, Esteban Valerio, at the time of injury was on a purely personal mission. We will deny the recovery and reverse and render.

The parties stipulated to the controlling facts except those…