Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Harper

CRAMER, Justice.

This is a duly perfected appeal from a judgment of a District Court, on appeal from the Industrial Accident Board, awarding appellee death benefits as a beneficiary of her deceased husband, Jesse Harper, under our Workmen’s Compensation Act. Appellant, herein called “Association,” defended in the trial court on the ground that the deceased was not an employee of its subscriber, Eagle Pitcher Company, herein called “EPC,” but was an employee of B. H. Harbison, an independent contractor.

It is undisputed that EPC was a subscriber, with the Association as its insurer under the…