Cole v. U.S. Fidelity Guaranty Co.

This is an appeal by W.T. Burton Co., Inc., and its insurance carrier, the U.S. Fidelity Guaranty Co., from a judgment awarding compensation to the widow and the minor children for the death of an employee, Oliver Ausbon Cole, of the said Burton Company.

The deceased, together with several other employees, was working for the defendant company at Hackberry, some 20 or 25 miles from Sulphur, driving a truck in connection with some drilling operations of the company. On the day of the accident, the deceased had driven one of the company's trucks to Hackberry; under the rules of the company, the…