Bugh v. Employers Reinsurance Corporation

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment, entered on a directed verdict, denying recovery in an action under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Texas (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Tex. art. 8306 et seq.), for an injury which resulted in the death of Carl Bugh, an employee of the Shell Petroleum Corporation. Appellant contends that there was sufficient evidence to support a verdict based on a finding that the injury to Bugh occurred in the course of his employment.

Bugh lost his life in an airplane accident. He had owned the airplane for about three years, and during all of that time had…