McGuire Cavender v. Edwards

There is presented for decision on appeal the points that in the circumstances (1) the appellants were not amenable to the Workmen's Compensation Law of Texas, and (2) the action was a cause of action governed and controlled exclusively by the laws of the state of Arkansas, which are so dissimilar to the laws of Texas that the courts of this state cannot entertain jurisdiction to try the same, and (3) the negligence of the truck driver, as found by the jury, were acts of a fellow servant, which was a defense under the laws of Arkansas, and (4) assumed risk was applicable, which doctrine was…