Southern Underwriters v. Gallagher

Mr. Judge Critz

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a workman’s compensation suit. It is founded on Section 19 of Article 8306, R. C. S. 1925, as amended. Such statute is generally referred to as the extraterritorial provision of our Workmen’s Compensation Statutes.

Gallagher was injured about March 10, 1936, in the State of New Mexico, while in the course of his employment as an employee of Liberty Oil & Drilling Company, Inc. Southern Underwriters was the employer’s Texas compensation insurance carrier at the time Gallagher was injured. Gallagher contends that, at the time of his…