Permian Mud Service, Inc. v. Sipes

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

On December the 22nd, 1958, there was a collision of an automobile driven by Steve Boone, an employee of Permian Mud Service, Inc., then on a mission for his employer, with a “pickup” truck driven by Calvin Sipes, in which Mrs. Sipes was riding. The accident happened on a farm to market road in the country. Both Mr. & Mrs. Sipes were injured and Mr. Sipes eventually died as a result of the accident. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, the workmen’s compensation carrier for the employer of Mr. Sipes, paid Mrs. Sipes $9,928.16 compensation as a result of the…